At 02:00 PM 5/22/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Part of what makes GNAT Box such an excellent firewall is that it
>doesn't install on top of an OS that's trying to provide services
>that the filters are trying to deny.  This gives you two layers
>of security for the firewall itself -- even if you get past the
>filters, there's nothing that wants to talk to you.

The gnatbox has a DNS server, even though there have been various DNS 
exploits in the past.

The DNS server is available, but not activated by default.  The DNS server 
seems to be a very slimmed down version designed to provide only the most 
necessary services for operation.

Why can't the same methodology be used for something link SNMP?



Rob Genovesi
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