It certainly doesn't sound like it.  Shorewall doesn't (unless I
missed something) scan HTTP traffic, it just looks at the packet
headers.  Thus, no Unicode problems, etc.

Will

On 5/31/07, Family Heritage Books <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Recently I ran across an article in eweek
> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2130397,00.asp?kc=EWKNLEDP051607B
> basically saying that there is a serious security hole affecting
> virtually every major firewall and intrusion prevention system available.
> It seems to involve a network evasion technique that uses full-width and
> half-width unicode characters to allow malware to evade detection by an
> IPS or firewall.
>
> Does anyone know if this is an issue that affects Shorewall.
> --
> Thanx for your time,
> Bryan
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