Re: [Full-Disclosure] Firewalls

From: Nathan Seven (scosol_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/14/03

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    To: CHeeKY <cheekypeople@sec33.com>, joey2cool@yahoo.com, full-disclosure@lists.netsys.com
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 10:16:43 -0700 (PDT)

    Agreed- though there still are plenty of good uses for
    app-level firewalls.
    I use and recommend Kerio as well here at work.
    It's very useful for things like blocking Realplayer's
    phone-home functionality, etc etc :)

    --- CHeeKY <cheekypeople@sec33.com> wrote:
    > why are you buying application layer firewalls? dont
    > as a security person
    > you learn anything?
    >
    > get hold of a spare 386, and make a netbsd, ipcop,
    > smoothwall, linux based
    > firewall, alot of fun and a *** load better, I will
    > personally stick with
    > my checkpoint box, but please please start taking ya
    > firewalls of your own
    > machines, they deserve a place of their own, ON
    > THEIR OWN BOX, Tiny and the
    > rest have all been breached with deep packet
    > inspections through nemesis, at
    > the end of the day, its still Layer 7

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