Jochem you are correct, SQL injection attacks vulnerabilities should be fixed in the code and not rely on a firewall thingie to prevent. I was just using that as an example. (A poor example, I see now.)
Mark W. Breneman -Cold Fusion Developer -Network Administrator Vivid Media [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.vividmedia.com 608.270.9770 -----Original Message----- From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 10:25 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Firewall for CF server Mark W. Breneman wrote: > IPSec policies do a good job of Packet Filtering, but they don't do > packet inspection. (Unless I really missed something.) Correct. > I am looking for a firewall that will block stuff like SQL injection > attacks and buffer overflows. Forget it. Stopping SQL injection attacks at that level is like playing 'I know more about SQL then you do'. It is a fundamentally wrong strategy, you should not look to filter out invalid input, but to allow valid input: http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-sp2.html Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:190103 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
