Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 22:20:58 -0700 From: "Crist J . Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net> To: mi@aldan.algebra.com Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: firewall rules for applications Message-ID: <20000911222058.D69158@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> In-Reply-To: <200009112201.SAA26880@misha.privatelabs.com>; from mi@aldan.algebra.com on Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 06:01:04PM -0400 References: <200009112201.SAA26880@misha.privatelabs.com>
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On Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 06:01:04PM -0400, mi@aldan.algebra.com wrote: [snip] > I just read a description of a Windows product, that attempts to fight > software offered by sneaky vendors, that tries to contact the vendor > over the Internet to send back user's data. A large portion of this "sneaky" software (or if you are hip "spyware") is free stuff that displays ads and phones home about user behavior. Another category are the pay to surf programs. People download software that pays you to surf while it shows you ads and tracks your movements (so it can target the ads better), and then the users get all bent out of shape because the software _really does_ track where they go. This behavior is all clearly stated in the license agreement, but who reads those, right? > The blocking software, > supposedly, blocks applications from accessing certain sites. This is > not an immediate problem for FreeBSD, but... Real trojans should be nuked. If you download spyware intentionally, you get what you pay for. This would be really tough for user compliance. Every program that uses the net needs to be registered (otherwise trojans sneak by)? This also only will work for applications running on the firewall and cannot be run at a gateway. Maybe a HTTP proxy is a better idea. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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