Re: PCFriendly DVD Backchannel

[Martin Stricker <shugal () gmx de>]

Olin Sibert wrote:

> Programs like BlackIce get almost all the way there, except they seem
> to be only port-based, not address-based.  To avoid each user having
> to make all the choices, one might distribute configuration files with
> known unresirable locations already listed.  It might also be possible
> for the warning to "score" the warning in some way (e.g., if the
> program is not a known browser, it's somewhat more suspicious for it
> to be talking to a web server).
>
> Have I missed sme great piece of software that does this already
> (Linux or Windows), or is this an unmet need?

Linux kernel firewalling, especially the iptables (availabe only in
kernel 2.4.*). With iptables you can even search the packets for a
string and deny/allow on that! There is a mailimg list about iptables
and netfilter:
archive: http://lists.samba.org/pipermail/netfilter/
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Best regards,
Martin Stricker
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