Re: What does a firewall do?
From: Casey (Casey_at_nosuch.net)
Date: 01/19/05
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Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 18:38:43 GMT
In article <gemini.iajvzu001jomo04h4.nick.roberts@acm.org>,
nick.roberts@acm.org says...
> I'll be as brief as possible. I am leading a project that is writing a new
> operating system (yes, really), and naturally it will have an IP stack. This
> entire stack will be written from scratch, and it will be written to be
> secure (as will the entire OS).
>
> I recently had an argument (in comp.lang.ada) with someone who simply could
> not believe that a secure OS will completely obviate the need for any
> firewall. Obviously, I believe that it will.
>
> I'd be very, very grateful if someone could post a list of all the different
> kinds of protection a really good firewall could be expected to provide. Be
> as technical as possible (but no need for piles of detail).
>
> I'll follow up such a post with some more details on the security of the OS.
>
>
Check here for firewall features. (see whats inside)
http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf/comparison_spf.htm
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