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RE: [OFFTOPIC] Zone Alarm
From: Cedric Blancher <blancher () cartel-securite fr>
Date: 05 Jun 2003 12:09:42 +0200
Le jeu 05/06/2003 à 11:09, Lars Duesing a écrit :
ZoneAlarm has in my eyes a very interesting feature. As it runs on the clients' system it can distinguish which (local) application is allowed to send data to the net. In days of gator et al a very nice feature.
This is to me the interest of so called personal firewalls. But I do not like ZA, because its decisions are only application based. On tools such as Kerio Personal Firewall, you can add rules to restrict applications in terms of addresses, protocols and ports. If you consider what it is possible to do through IE using ActiveX as an example, it could be a good idea not to authorize this kind of application without network restriction. Btw, it makes ZA simple to use, but weak to me.
So if an user knows how to use this personal firewalls, it is yet another step of security.
<metoo>Agree</metoo> -- Cédric Blancher <blancher () cartel-securite fr> IT systems and networks security - Cartel Sécurité Phone : +33 (0)1 44 06 97 87 - Fax: +33 (0)1 44 06 97 99 PGP KeyID:157E98EE FingerPrint:FA62226DA9E72FA8AECAA240008B480E157E98EE _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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