Re: Un-Hackabel Hardware Firewall???

From: Kristofer Gafvert (kgafvert_at_NEWSilopia.com)
Date: 05/11/04 

Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 20:49:00 +0200

Hello,

Something that you cannot hack, is something without bugs (they dont make a
product hackable for fun...)
So this guy basically said that he would make a hardware firewall, working
as you expect a firewall to work(!)

The chance/risk of having a bug in a hardware is less than having one in
software, so in general, a hardware firewall is better than a software. But,
if you ask any company making hardware firewall, if you can hack their
firewall, they will most likely say no. I would also say that it is
impossible to hack any hardware firewall on the market today, unless you are
really knowledge. But, if the people configuring the firewall have no idea
what they are doing, no firewall in the world can protect them against their
own stupidity. After all, it's hardware, and only does whatever the
administrator tell it to do.

My point of this message is that i would not care if someone marketed their
product as "un-hackable". That is how it is supposed to be, and there is
really nothing new in that. 

-- 
Regards,
Kristofer Gafvert - IIS MVP
http://www.ilopia.com - When you need help!
<gicio@gmx.de> wrote in message
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> Hi!
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> A few months ago I say reportage in the TV about (I think someone from
> Canada) a guy that provide a hardware firewall that is un-Hackable (What
> personally not belive ;) ). The guy says the firewall will be costs under
> 150 $.
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> Does anyone have some information about this firewall?
> Or does anyone have a good experience with a hardware firewall?
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> Kind regards,
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> gicio
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