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Re: Patching a Firewall
From: Birl <sbirl () temple edu>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 10:53:08 -0400 (EDT)
As it was written on Sep 12, thus Robert Mezzone typed: Robert: I want to start off by saying my Firewall is fully patched. That being said Robert: my question is... Robert: Robert: Is it a big security risk if the OS (say Windows) running the firewall box, Robert: is not fully patched? My reasoning that it isn't is because the firewall Robert: should be configured to drop any connections to itself. Or being the Robert: firewall has to at least initially accept the packet in order to inspect it, Robert: enough to exploit a vulnerability. Robert: Robert: Robert Consider what would happen if the firewall failed you one day (ie: a hole was finally discovered, you introduced a new virus through removeable media, the firewall executable on sits on a bad disk sector, etc) An extra layer of security doesnt hurt. Thanks Scott Birl http://concept.temple.edu/sysadmin/ Senior Systems Administrator Computer Services Temple University ====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====+====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====* --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Captus Networks Are you prepared for the next Sobig & Blaster? - Instantly Stop DoS/DDoS Attacks, Worms & Port Scans - Precisely Define and Implement Network Security - Automatically Control P2P, IM and Spam Traffic FIND OUT NOW - FREE Vulnerability Assessment Toolkit http://www.captusnetworks.com/ads/42.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current thread:
- Patching a Firewall Robert Mezzone (Sep 12)
- Re: Patching a Firewall Jimi Thompson (Sep 15)
- RE: Patching a Firewall dave kleiman (Sep 16)
- RE: Patching a Firewall Jimi Thompson (Sep 16)
- Re: Patching a Firewall James Fields (Sep 19)
- RE: Patching a Firewall dave kleiman (Sep 16)
- Re: Patching a Firewall Birl (Sep 15)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Patching a Firewall Thomas F. Szabo (Sep 15)
- Re: Patching a Firewall Robert Mezzone (Sep 15)
- Re: Patching a Firewall Ansgar Wiechers (Sep 16)
- RE: Patching a Firewall Gino Genari (Sep 16)
- RE: Patching a Firewall brossini (Sep 17)
- Re: Patching a Firewall Jimi Thompson (Sep 15)