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If you load a program on a firewall that is a trojan horse it will of course
bother the firewall. i.e. if you install a copy of the PGP that you download
from a local BBS rather then the copy from PGP it is possible that it has been
modified to produce non-secure output.
David Lang
On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, Vandana Shah wrote:
> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 12:22:53 -0700 (MST)
> From: Vandana Shah <vana .
shah @
asu .
edu>
> To: David Lang <dlang @
diginsite .
com>
> Cc: Firewalls @
GreatCircle .
COM
> Subject: Re: firewall and virus
>
> On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, David Lang wrote:
>
> What is the reason that trojan horse can infect the firewall.
> Can u elaborate that part?
>
>
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> >
> > A virus or Trojan Horse require you to run the infected code on your machine. A
> > firewall should not be running unknown programs so it is unlikly that you will
> > run into them. It IS possible to have a Trojan Horse on a firewall but the
> > solution to that is to only run programs that you get from the OS or Firewall
> > vender (If you can't trust them you need a LOT of time to check the code :-)
> >
> > David Lang
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, Vandana Shah wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 01:05:51 -0700 (MST)
> > > From: Vandana Shah <vana .
shah @
asu .
edu>
> > > To: Firewalls @
GreatCircle .
COM
> > > Subject: firewall and virus
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > hello,
> > > I have a question, that whether firewall can itself be infected by
> > > virus or Trojan Horse.
> > >
> > > If yes, why and if not why not?
> > > reply back
> > > -Vandana
> > >
> > > *********
> > > Vandana Shah
> > > 1031 E Lemon Street, #31
> > > Tempe, AZ 85281
> > >
> > > ph: (602)927-9720
> > > email: vshah @
asu .
edu*******
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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>
> *********
> Vandana Shah
> 1031 E Lemon Street, #31
> Tempe, AZ 85281
>
> ph: (602)927-9720
> email: vshah @
asu .
edu
>
>
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