[BBLISA] Firewall question #2

[John Orthoefer]

I covered that.  I said it's a harder problem to write a virus that 
attacks a generic router.  Zone alarm is easier since you already 
control the box you are on.  The whole idea here is to set the just a 
little bit higher than the next guy.

I didn't say it couldn't be done just zone alarm is on the box, easier 
to disable.

An early internet worm was compiled against the socks interface (I as I 
recall) so it could get backout though a filter. 

As for quality, yes some are preaty bad.  I had a bad experance with 
Linksys (I won't buy there gear anymore.)  But in general I've been 
happy with the current generation of Netgear.

johno

miah wrote:

>Unless the external hardware is vulnerable to attack.  Which some is, and the quality is seriously lacking on some router hardware.  What about a virus that infects your computer, then attacks your router, changes its configuration to allow incoming connections..  I'm sure it will happen.
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>-miah
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