Re: outbound filtering

Sebastian Gottschalk, 12/26/2006, 2:02:51 PM,
<4vda0cF1bp9cjU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

badgolferman wrote:

I have a NAT router with SPI filtering. I guess I'm relatively safe
from inbound baddies but not from outbound programs. Of course I am
sure that's not completely true but for the most part I believe
that is correct.

Security is not about believe. And your believe is pretty wrong in
that case. Don't you know what NAT helpers are?

Is there an application other than a bloated PFW that can be used to
monitor outbound connections and grant access or not?

Monitoring: trivially 'netstat' and all its variants. Why are you
asking? Want to implement a firewall, but don't even know the most
basic tools of your OS?

Granting access: Doesn't work for a PFW either. Why do you think such
a thing could work?


If your intent is to make me look stupid and yourself ingenious then I
guess you are accomplishing that. Please go ahead and explain rather
than ask questions of someone who is no expert.
.

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