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correct, I will admit I have a couple of places I run an application on a
firewall, but only in a chroot sandbox (I know some people do not trust chroot
but it is a risk I decided to take). In NT you do not have that sort of option
so I would definantly say NO applications running on your firewall.
David Lang
On Thu, 23 Oct 1997, Franco RUGGIERI wrote:
> Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 13:50:21 +0200
> From: Franco RUGGIERI <fruggieri @
selfin .
net>
> To: David Lang <dlang @
diginsite .
com>
> Cc: GreatCircle forum <firewalls @
GreatCircle .
COM>
> Subject: R: Firewalls, and virus
>
> Am I right if I interpret your:
>
> Quote
> > As a firewall does not run any new programs after it is setup a virus
> cannot get on > the machine.
> Unquote
>
> as an indirect "must not" against using the firewall machine as an
> application one too, which I sometimes saw as a marketing advantage of NT
> firewalls?
>
> Maybe it's a trivial question for most of you, but not for me.
> Franco
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> > Da: David Lang <dlang @
diginsite .
com>
> > A: Vandana Shah <vana .
shah @
asu .
edu>
> > Cc: Gary Crumrine <gcrum @
us-state .
gov>; Firewalls @
GreatCircle .
COM
> > Oggetto: RE: Firewalls, and virus
> > Data: martedì 21 ottobre 1997 19.47
> >
> > for a virus to bother you you must run the infected file. As a firewall
> > does not run any new programs after it is setup a virus cannot get on the
> > machine. A trojan horse is only a problem if it is one of the programs
> you
> > install on the firewall. Again it boils down to the fact that you should
> > only install programs youtrust on your firewall.
> >
> > David Lang
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, Vandana Shah wrote:
> >
> > > Can u make this more clear?
> > > What i got from below is like, virus will not cause problems on
> > > firewall, but trojan horse may.
> > >
> > > The reason that u explained, i couldn't get it clearly.
> > > Can u explain it in more detail.
> > >
> > > Thanxx
> > > On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, Gary Crumrine wrote:
> > >
> > > > Trojan horse possibly, virus??? I don't think so. There
> > > > are many know attacks, that usually attack something other
> > > > than the firewall itself. For example, Sendmail. If you
> > > > gain root but exploiting known hacks, then you have
> > > > control. A smart hacker type would usually use this as a
> > > > jump point rather than kill your system. By the nature of
> > > > the way they pass data through, I don't think virus
> > > > problems should occur.
> > > >
> > > > On Saturday, October 18, 1997 5:19 PM, Vandana Shah
> > > > [SMTP:vana .
shah @
asu .
edu] wrote:
> > > > | 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*******
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > *********
> > > Vandana Shah
> > > 1031 E Lemon Street, #31
> > > Tempe, AZ 85281
> > >
> > > ph: (602)927-9720
> > > email: vshah @
asu .
edu
> > >
> > >
>
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