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Re: Personal Firewall for Business use
From: Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers <bugtraq () planetcobalt net>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 11:10:44 +0100
On 2003-10-27 Ivan Hernandez wrote: [ Windows TCP filtering ]
does not give you application level protections (your recently downloaded trojan horse will go to shop on internet freely).
"Application level protection" is ridiculous if the protecting agent is running on the same box. I keep wondering how people can expect software that allows user interaction (like most personal firewalls do) to prevent other (malicious) software from doint whatever it pleases. Why wouldn't the malware allow itself internet access when the dialog pops up? Or even disable/replace the PF? Regards Ansgar Wiechers --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forum Systems PRESIDIO: PGP / XML GATEWAY APPLIANCE The Presidio integrates PGP data encryption and XML Web Services security to simplify the management and deployment of PGP and reduce overall PGP costs by up to 80%. FREE WHITEPAPER & 30 Day Trial - http://www.securityfocus.com/sponsor/ForumSystems_security-basics_031027 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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- Personal Firewall for Business use NR (Oct 27)
- RE: Personal Firewall for Business use Jonel Rienton (Oct 27)
- Re: Personal Firewall for Business use Meritt James (Oct 27)
- RE: Personal Firewall for Business use Jonel Rienton (Oct 27)
- Re: Personal Firewall for Business use Meritt James (Oct 27)
- Re: Personal Firewall for Business use Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers (Oct 27)
- Re: Personal Firewall for Business use Simon Gray (Oct 27)
- Re: Personal Firewall for Business use Ivan Hernandez (Oct 27)
- Re: Personal Firewall for Business use Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers (Oct 28)
- Re: Personal Firewall for Business use Ivan Hernandez (Oct 30)
- Re: Personal Firewall for Business use Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers (Oct 30)
- RE: Personal Firewall for Business use Dave Swink (dswink) (Oct 30)
- Re: Personal Firewall for Business use Ivan Hernandez (Oct 27)
- RE: Personal Firewall for Business use Jonel Rienton (Oct 27)
- RE: Personal Firewall for Business use David (Oct 28)
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- RE: Personal Firewall for Business use Combs, Christopher (Christopher) (Oct 27)
- Re: Personal Firewall for Business use cc (Oct 28)
- RE: Personal Firewall for Business use Prez Misiak (Oct 27)
- Personal Firewall for Business use Sys Sec (Oct 28)
- Re: Personal Firewall for Business use Patrick Dickey (Oct 29)