Re: comp.security.firewalls Trolls


"Sebastian Gottschalk" <seppi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Somebody. wrote:
"Sebastian Gottschalk" <seppi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I would like to separate the discussion of Personal Firewall Software
that
runs on one's workstation, from Firewall Appliances that run at the edge
of
one's network.

Is that clear enough?

No. Personal Firewalls aren't the only implementations of host-based
packet filters (running on the client), but only the most stupid and
unserious. Serious implementation can be a part of a serious security
concept, even involving interaction with a firewall appliance at the
perimeter.

I guess what I'm saying is I'm tired of hearing about personal firewalls.
But that's just me, I'm not berating anyone for it, just saying I would
welcome a group that was bereft of such discussions, but contained the other
content that I see in here.

And what about netfilter running on a Linux workstation? Building
redundant firewalls with pf on OpenBSD? Kerio WinRoute or ISA Server
2004 on a Windows Server 2003 gateway?

Those sound very interesting. I don't lump them in with Norton Internet
Security and ZoneAlarm. When they're running traffic from other machines
*through* them, I find them of significantly more interest.

Look I'm not trying to change the world here, sorry for expressing my
opinion that the topics of ZoneAlarm, "the most preferred free firewall", or
the problems with the most recent version of BlackIce, are of a completely
different sort than those asking how to configure a NetScreen or a PIX.

-Russ.



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