I am at the beginning which network programming in C/C++. I also looked at socket 
programming and pcap. But you will get some probs with that because these sockets 
might you wnat to use building your firewall seem to operate "behind" the firewall.
c/C++ is still a good choice but you have to go deep into the OS. For whcih OS do you 
want to write your personal firewall ? When you choose Linux for Exsample you have to 
program kernel modules - so C is a good choice. 
In Windows you might programm some System DLLs. C is also a good choice when 
programming DLLs. But I think you need some skills in Assembler and maybe Reverse 
Engeneering when building a personal firewall for Windows. Are there perhhaps GNU 
personal firewalls for giving an excample ?

Nils 



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I am planning to write a software firewall (something 
that works like ZoneAlarm). What language do you 
think I should use for development? I think I will use C 
and C++ and socket programing. Do you think its 
right? Please make recommedations...
Thanks 
Leo
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