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Re: This just in: Firewalls are obsolete
From: Blue Boar <BlueBoar () thievco com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 17:00:58 -0700
Florian Weimer wrote:
In order to offer any protection, the firewall has to implement the complex protocol -- and countless others.
I very specifically said and meant "behind", and not through. I don't consider the general class of things available now called firewalls to be of any significant use against client-side vulnerabilities. So the client-side problems are adding to the threat. The server-side problems haven't disappeared though, so you still can't junk your firewall. It just doesn't help you with the client-side problem. I first heard of the concept of client-side holes from Mike Schiffman at the first Black Hat. At least, that was the first time I'd heard it described as such, stated as a new class of vulnerabilities on the rise. This is the 10th Black Hat this year, right? My basic point being that people don't get rid of the old security layers, they just paint new ones on. BB _______________________________________________ Dailydave mailing list Dailydave () lists immunitysec com https://lists.immunitysec.com/mailman/listinfo/dailydave
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