> -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- > Von: vincent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 30. August 2001 11:12 > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Betreff: Re: [Cooker-firewall] Application-Level-Firewall or > paketfilter? > > > Le Jeudi 30 Ao�t 2001 09:58, vous avez �crit : > > Hello again, > > > > under Window$ the Norton Personal Firewall manages the web > account for > > every application itself. Under Linux every programm can > access to the > > internet through port 80 or 21 which I have allowed on the > Firewall! How > > can I manage this securtiy hole? Do I need an > application-level-firewall or > > is there another way to do that? > > In first, if you want control the application used by our > user, a firewall > isn't the good way for do this. You need to install your > solution on each > computer for verify that the good application is use (like i > suppose is done > by Norton Personal Firewall). SNF require only one computer and one > installation for control the "IP traffic" beetween our > network in this > internet (or another network), many browsers can fake her > identity and if you > don't have peace of software installed on the computer, you > will not detect > which application in use (And in my point of view it's really > easy to fake > this kind of protection) so a application-level-firewall isn't a good > solution for your solution. I just want to see you that our > request isn't a > security hole, but need another piece of software than SNF. I forgot to write, that I would like to control the applications under Linux. For Window$ the Norton Personal Firewall is OK, but under Linux I don`t know what to do :( Is there no program which can manage this? thx, Sch
