Comments on: Investigating the Leopard firewall

By: TJhooker

TJhooker — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:49:15 +0000

Looks like he just tested the front end.

I'd like to see someone do black box testing on it using a flexible fuzzer framework. Or rootkit research.

The native UDP services that are unblocked would be cool to mess with.

The Mac droids will have to wash there abrecrombie and fitch, and clean there black framed designer glasses after the anger sweats.

By: ryan

ryan — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:17:04 +0000

@techpagan

Trust me, it is QUITE possible for a H/W firewall to crash. Be it on it's own or via a DoS attack. I don't think you hear about it because of different user bases (the home user vs. corporate sys admin).

By: TechPagan

TechPagan — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:47:08 +0000

@cde: you are so completely right, but I have had software firewalls crash and not realize it. I don’t even know if this is possible with a hardware firewall. I just feel safer.

By: cde

cde — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 09:08:09 +0000

@techpagan, and hardware firewalls are better? Only difference is that you normally leave one alone for firewalling only.

By: TechPagan

TechPagan — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 06:33:55 +0000

Software firewalls yuck!

First post W00t!