RE: [pfSense Support] Firewall security compromised by auxillary programs?

2011-02-07 Thread Ryan Rodrigue
-Original Message- From: Sean Cavanaugh [mailto:millenia2...@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 6:27 PM To: support@pfsense.com Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Firewall security compromised by auxillary programs? ?-Original Message- From: Mark Jones Sent: Friday

Re: [pfSense Support] Firewall security compromised by auxillary programs?

2011-02-05 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 02:54, Mark Jones mjo...@imagehawk.com wrote: Well, I hear of people running pfSense in a VM, and I wonder how do you avoid exposing the host OS to the network?  How can a firewall be run in a VM and not leave the host OS hanging out to be attacked?  Or, go the otherway

Re: [pfSense Support] Firewall security compromised by auxillary programs?

2011-02-04 Thread Jostein Elvaker Haande
On 4 February 2011 20:54, Mark Jones mjo...@imagehawk.com wrote: ... A lot of stuff ... I'm no network expert, nor am I a computer expert. Nor will I ever claim to be. But if it's one thing I know for a fact, is that putting all your eggs in one basket isn't a good idea, no matter what. The

Re: [pfSense Support] Firewall security compromised by auxillary programs?

2011-02-04 Thread Sean Cavanaugh
?-Original Message- From: Mark Jones Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 2:54 PM To: support@pfsense.com Subject: [pfSense Support] Firewall security compromised by auxillary programs? Well, I hear of people running pfSense in a VM, and I wonder how do you avoid exposing the host OS to

RE: [pfSense Support] Firewall security compromised by auxillary programs?

2011-02-04 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Well, I hear of people running pfSense in a VM, and I wonder how do you avoid exposing the host OS to the network? How can a firewall be run in a VM and not leave the host OS hanging out to be attacked? Well, if the interface is setup in a bridge with nothing else, what exactly is addressable

Re: [pfSense Support] Firewall security compromised by auxillary programs?

2011-02-04 Thread Kurt Buff
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 20:21, Joseph L. Casale jcas...@activenetwerx.com wrote: Well, I hear of people running pfSense in a VM, and I wonder how do you avoid exposing the host OS to the network?  How can a firewall be run in a VM and not leave the host OS hanging out to be attacked? Well, if the