Re: Worms versus Bots

[Chris Woodfield <rekoil () semihuman com>]

I stand corrected, they're out there. I'm advised that 3com has a on-NIC firewall 
product as well.

However, at $299 and $329 respectively, I don't anticipate wide adoption in the 
consumer market...

-C

On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 12:49:05PM -0400, Jonathan M. Slivko wrote:
> Uh... they have. It's called a Snapgear card :)
> -- Jonathan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanog () merit edu [mailto:owner-nanog () merit edu] On Behalf Of
> Chris Woodfield
> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 12:42 PM
> To: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
> Cc: Petri Helenius; Michael.Dillon () radianz com; nanog () merit edu
> Subject: Re: Worms versus Bots
>
> Simple solution...build the on-NIC firewall to not use uPnP, or at least
> require 
> a password before changing rulesets. :)
>
> Seriously, this is such a stupidly simple solution that I'm amazed no one's
> attempted 
> to make a product out of it yet. 
>
> -C
>
> On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 12:21:29PM -0400, Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:
> > On Tue, 11 May 2004 11:38:33 EDT, Chris Woodfield said:
> >
> > > A better solution would be a NIC with a built-in SI
> firewall...manageable from a host
> > > app, but physically separate from the OS running on the PC.
> >
> > Gaak.  No. ;)
> >
> > What's the point of a firewall, if the first piece of malware that does
> manage
> > to sneak in (via a file-sharing program, or a webpage that installs
> malware, or
> > an "ooh! Shiny!" email attachment) just does the network Plug-N-Play call
> to
> > tell the firewall "Shield DOWN!"?

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