RE: Need firewall protection,

I would add that my software FW also detects when an application's EXE
file has changed and forces me to re-authorize it for 'net access.  This
is a nice additional security measure as if a virus did infect my
machine and compromized my browser's executable (for instance), I would
be notified. 

John A. Jones
Americas Security Officer
Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.
V: +1-630-455-2787 F: +1-312-601-1782
John.Jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Lang [mailto:aalang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 8:23 AM
To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Need firewall protection,

<routing snip>

What hardware based firewalsl do, by default, let all traffic leave your
network, but onlylet traffic it that was originally initiated by an
internal computer.  Now, you can configure them to block outgoing
traffic and let in some external traffic (like if you want to run a web
server).

The advantage to a software firewall is that it can block based on
application, not port.  Like if you have a two programs that use port
23456.
The software firewall will typically say "programx.exe wants to go
outside on port 23456, allow?" you then say yes.  Then if it says the
same for programB and you don't want it to, you can say no.  If it is a
program you don't expect, then you can go even further and try to find
it and remove it.

The problem with software firewalls is they themselves can be cracked
and subverted easier than hardware based.  All, they tend to impact
system performance.


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