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Firewall leak tests
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it doesn't work as well as you'd expect, which is why I use a 3rd party wall
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All software firewalls are turned off on my machines on my home network, my security appliance does all the protection I need (CISCO PIX 506E), at work I control inbound, outbound and inter-zone(LAN-DMZ) traffic on our Firewall, stops certain naughty applications calling home, I have trapped many sources of malware with this setup.Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy.0
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All software firewalls are turned off on my machines on my home network, my security appliance does all the protection I need (CISCO PIX 506E), at work I control inbound, outbound and inter-zone(LAN-DMZ) traffic on our Firewall, stops certain naughty applications calling home, I have trapped many sources of malware with this setup.
Could you explain this 'security appliance' a little more pro?:idea:0 -
Yea sure, the device I use at home is a CISCO PIX 506E adaptive security appliance (aka firewall), take some setting up but very good once you have done the config, there are hundreds of features, too much for the average home user, but being the sad IT Manager that I am I have to have my own home network to play with!Could you explain this 'security appliance' a little more pro?
Our work network uses a Linux based appliance, which I built out of spare parts, blew my budget on a new HP server 
. Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy.0 -
So its basically an 'all you can eat' hardware firewall?:idea:0
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Like to see somebody try and tamper with a PIXSince when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy.0
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conor, whilst I don't disagree, I feel that my 2wire 2700hgv router's firewall is ok, backed up with comodo and good habits I feel fairly safeUtinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant.0
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Oh I agree totally about using the routers firewall to block outbound. As I've said, inbound is pretty pointless because you're protected by NAT anyway if you're using a router. Whilst its possible to work out the make of a router by its MAC address, there's no guarantee as to what model it is and, for example, the Netgear DG834Gs, use different firmware and chipsets depending on the revision so any malware which was remotely clever enough to try and disable the firewall on the router would have one hell of a task on its hands. Most routers also run some form of Linux as their core OS which makes it a bit more bullet proof.0
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