Thats assuming that malware isn't being designed for that firewall. I'm
sure you already know that software is software regardless of the
hardware that it is running on. Likewise a vulnerability is still a
vulnerability...
I suppose you could r/o the system... but you need to write the confs
somewhere right?
-Adriel
-----Original Message-----
From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
To: Nick Hyatt <me@n33t.org>
Cc: full-disclosure@lists.grok.org.uk
Sent: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 21:08:39 -0500
Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] PC Firewall Choices
On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:59:52 MST, Nick Hyatt said:
Given the choice between one of those selections and a standard
Linksys
router / firewall combo, wouldn't it be safer to go with the hardware
firewall? I find the configuration options to be quite a bit more
in-depth,
and the hardware firewall doesn't get itself as stuck in the system
as say,
ZA does.
Even more important, a hardware firewall can't be compromised as easily
by malware that's on a host behind the firewall. It's easy for a
program
on a PC to tell ZA to look the other way. It's a little harder for it
to
tell a hardware firewall to look the other way.
Unless of course, the firewall implements the UPnP "Pants Down!" RPC..
;)
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