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Re: Proxies, opensource and the general market: what's wrong with us?
From: Darren Reed <darren.reed () oracle com>
Date: Mon, 02 May 2011 21:43:18 -0700
On 2/05/11 08:51 AM, ArkanoiD wrote:
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 12:50:35PM -0700, Darren Reed wrote:I think that what's happened is the relevant open source security tools for today are no longer proxies or packet filters but plugins for your web browser.[skipped] Sure. But I still do not see why does it affect firewalls, which are still there.
What's sexy about working on an open source firewall thing that a few people might download and use vs working on a plugin for firefox that gets 100,000 downloads every month? Perhaps a more relevant problem to consider is that as we (as a society) move to accessing the Internet directly, from devices such as our phones, the threat model and solutions used to address that need to be rethought in the context of what the device's operating system needs to have running and protected. Somewhat amusingly, a security vulnerability in the OpenBSD pf firewall software that is used by Apple on its iPhones resulted in a jailbreak vulnerability. The base level of firewall capability has advanced far enough that most people don't need more than what they get out of the bit of hardware that does it for them. And since need is the mother of invention, there's no compulsion to advance the art/feature/etc. Darren _______________________________________________ firewall-wizards mailing list firewall-wizards () listserv icsalabs com https://listserv.icsalabs.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards
Current thread:
- Re: Proxies, opensource and the general market: what's wrong with us? Fetch, Brandon (May 01)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Proxies, opensource and the general market: what's wrong with us? Darren Reed (May 01)
- Re: Proxies, opensource and the general market: what's wrong with us? ArkanoiD (May 02)
- Re: Proxies, opensource and the general market: what's wrong with us? Darren Reed (May 03)
- Re: Proxies, opensource and the general market: what's wrong with us? david (May 03)
- Re: Proxies, opensource and the general market: what's wrong with us? ArkanoiD (May 02)
- Re: Proxies, opensource and the general market: what's wrong with us? Dave Piscitello (May 01)
- Re: Proxies, opensource and the general market: what's wrong with us? ArkanoiD (May 02)
- Re: Proxies, opensource and the general market: what's wrong with us? david (May 01)
- Re: Proxies, opensource and the general market: what's wrong with us? ArkanoiD (May 02)
- Re: Proxies, opensource and the general market: what's wrong with us? Tracy Reed (May 03)
- Re: Proxies, opensource and the general market: what's wrong with us? ArkanoiD (May 02)
- Re: Proxies, opensource and the general market: what's wrong with us? david (May 01)