Re: Web Server

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Date: 06/03/02 

Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 16:46:57 +0200

Duane Arnold wrote:
> I say you are wrong about that. Now, a firewall's job is the close or
> stealth ports. An open port cannot be protected by the firewall. The
> firewall cannot determine if network traffic activity is suspicious or not.
> It doesn't care it just lets traffic through. The only thing the firewall
> has going for it is SPI.
That's what I'm saying. You should read more carefully.

> The part of BlackIce the Intrusion Detection application does its job of
> looking at the network traffic for suspicious activity and will block it.
Do you want to contradict yourself or just give an answer without a
question? The point is you can't secure your web server with a firewall
if it's open.

> Intrusion Detection Systems are relevant. You should look into it.
Well then shed a light on your Blackice. Please tell me what exactly
Blackice does besides blocking traffic and probably managing some
checksums of applications it knows.

> I do not think BlackIce is holy, but it does work.
It runs on your system? Wow :)

> I am not a newcomer. I have been doing this since 1972. The way I have
> stayed around this long is to recognize change and stay on the leading edge.
> I know a good product when I see and use it.
Your answer was simply wrong. Btw. nobody called you a newcomer but your
last statement is funny.