Re: "Halted" firewall - is it a good idea as feature? or just a fun story

2018-06-08 Thread Kapetanakis Giannis
On 07/06/18 20:04, Kollar Arpad wrote: > Hello, > > http://www.drdobbs.com/halted-firewalls/199101324 > > What do you think of it? :) any similar feature in OpenBSD? :D you might be interested in securelevel(7) G

Re: "Halted" firewall - is it a good idea as feature? or just a fun story

2018-06-07 Thread Daniel Gracia
I'm not loving it. For silly firewalls, I'd rather prefer a FPGA with a PHY. But then, you have managed switches with L3 routing... 2018-06-07 20:48 GMT+02:00 Jacqueline Jolicoeur : > > Because this method does ensure that no user will ever gain controlling > access to the firewall itself, there

Re: "Halted" firewall - is it a good idea as feature? or just a fun story

2018-06-07 Thread Jacqueline Jolicoeur
> Because this method does ensure that no user will ever gain controlling > access to the firewall itself, there is definitely a huge security benefit. I do not believe this is true. > a degree in Philosophy. This firewall setup reminds me of the minimalism art movement.

"Halted" firewall - is it a good idea as feature? or just a fun story

2018-06-07 Thread Kollar Arpad
Hello, http://www.drdobbs.com/halted-firewalls/199101324 What do you think of it? :) any similar feature in OpenBSD? :D copied the short text: = Halted Firewalls By Mike Murray, January 08, 2002 Murray shows how to configure a Linux