Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 18:59:27 -0700 From: "Brandon Harper" <lists-inet@booms.net> To: <freebsd-security@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Security zone Message-ID: <NHELLMIEFPEHAFGOIAGFIEKCDJAA.lists-inet@booms.net> In-Reply-To: <3C014C5B.9765067F@anarcat.dyndns.org>
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> Anyways, I can't figure out how one can pretend to have that level of > control over the stack (per-app) and why one would want to have it > anyways. > > "apps" are installed/deinstall, modified, upgraded, etc. It would be > impossible and simply useless to have that kind of control. > I for one use ZoneAlarm Pro on my *cough* XP Pro workstation even though there is another box which serves as my firewall/gateway. Why? Well, although its not a 100% solid solution, it lets me know what other programs are trying to access the internet.. such as Spyware or the possible backdoor (such as BackOriface, etc). No, I don't think its the best or most secure thing in the world as programs are able to access the internet without my knowledge via IE dll's anyhow, but every extra layer helps. Its also nice to know when the version numbers of programs change. Very rarely do I change software on my machine because I do development work on it, and its interesting to see if applications decide to update themselves, etc. YMMV, - Brandon <!-- http://www.booms.net --> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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