Re: Firewall that blocks NetBEUI etc.

From: jt (jtaylor@spamkiller.hfx.andara.com)
Date: 12/20/02 

From: "jt" <jtaylor@spamkiller.hfx.andara.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 08:57:48 -0400

"Mark" <noemail@noemail.com> wrote in message
news:v04e7i78l5lf4e@corp.supernews.com...
> Personal firewall functionality is mostly oriented toward TCP/IP protocol.
I
> am looking for a firewall that can block/control/audit ALL traffic on
> network adapter.
>
>
>
> Motivation is following: in office, I have some nasty network guys that
have
> buddies that are into pranks. What they do they use administration tools
to
> log into your pc to see what are you doing - from their conversation I
> understand that they can see my desktop, my processes and who knows what
> else. When there is several of them, they bring performance of my machine
> down - it is very slow, i can not really work. I can not stop them or
prove
> what is happening, since it is themselves that are about to conduct any
> investigation - that is not going to find anything.
>
> I have NT4WKS and we have advanced Microsoft network - they have some tool
> like SMS or similar that enables them to remotely install software on all
> machines.
>
> I have tried to audit them with netstat or TCPview to see all network
> connections, but there is nothing there. Are they using something else,
like
> some lower protocol like NetBEUI or similar? Is there a way to see all
> NetBEUI connections (if such concept exists there) and all other traffic,
> like audit shared file access, who from where and what amount of traffic?
>
> I can not really install sniffer, since I could be accused of sniffing
> traffic on LAN, ie. stealing passwords etc. But I would like to audit and
> control all traffic coming to/from my machine.
>
> So, i am looking for technical solutions to control all traffic to my
> machine, not only tcp/ip. I know that it is not normal to run firewall on
> machine in LAN, but this is not really normal situation. If i can block
this
> pranksters, and do my work on time ,i will be in much better position then
> explaining that work is not done since some guys are fooling with my
machine
> and it works so, so slow when connected to lan. I might need to do some
> explanation about firewall, but nobody really cares if I do work on time.
If
> I would be able to audit who connects and from where and amount of traffic
> they generate, I would be in better position.
>
>
>
> So, technically, I am looking for firewall that can control all traffic in
> an easy way. In Kerio it is possible to create rules for other protocols,
if
> you know protocol id of some kind. I want something that has already
> preconfigured all that. McAfee firewall 4 has some options for other
> protocols, but I want more sophistication. And ability to audit non-tcp
> "connections".

Pull the cable out of the back.

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