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Article #169Re: ZDnet on XP SP2 known compatibility issues...
From: Ted
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 16:56
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 16:56
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"Phred" <ppnerkDELETETHIS@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:2oh4g2FakdlpU3@uni-berlin.de... > Not too long ago I recall reading a review that suggested *most* > available firewall programs (commercial as well as freeware) did not > protect against "spoofing" where a malicious program on your machine > simply said something like "I'm your e-mail program" and the firewall > let it out. A *very few* actually used digital signatures to verify a > program was what it purported to be. > > I hope someone can reassure me that all the previously inadequate > firewalls now address this issue? I don't know enough about all the different firewalls to reliably answer that question. I do know that local client/server fingerprinting has become more popular. It is usefull as a secondary level of defense, and hyping it is a good way to sell firewalls. Heck, I'm almost tempted to buy a couple. For purposes of developing demonstrations of how easy it is to bypass them ;-)
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