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Re: Firewalls that generate new packets..


From: "Marcus J. Ranum" <mjr () ranum com>
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:05:50 -0500

Darren Reed wrote:
If I can run IPoverDNS through your "layer 7 firewall", is it
really being a "layer 7 firewall" or a "layer 5 firewall"?

I don't think that covert channels can be eliminated in the
context of "firewall" -- after all, a "firewall" is just one big
juicy mess of overt channels. :)

mjr.

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