kareldjag
April 26th, 2005, 05:15 PM
Hi,
If this question concerns more the security choices in a corporate environment than at home, it appears that the Hardware Industry takes more and more into consideration the defense and protection of any system.
The question "Hardware VS Software firewall" has often been discussed and the answer for a home user is quite a question of money (the software firewall is necessary, and it's better with a router).
But i've heard that Intel and AMD will integrate antivirus protections inside their processors.
Then it could be the same marketing choice for ATI and others constructors.
The problem with Software security is that any sofware is vulnerable to Reverse Ingienereen.
Then any system protected by security softwares is vulnerable and could be bypassed and defeated.
The best hacking methods are often a mix between well known methods or exploits and personal research.
Each day new exploits and vulnerabilities can be used for defeating systems and in order to gain access for any targets (for fun or bad intentions).
All the products which we're talking about on this forum could be vulnerable against Buffer/Heap Overflow (even with a specific and efficient protection like StackDefender or Overflowguard).
This attack could also just the first step for a D.Of Service (DOS) and so on...
An other example is the defense against DDOS for a home user.
Without an Hardware protection, the system can be DDOSed (with the necessary resources).
But the probability for a home computer to be the victim of a DDOS is really minor.
Web Applications Attacks (which targets the browser for a home user for instance) are also a big problem which is really difficult to resolve with security softwares.
Finally, we can list the Pros and the Cons of Hardware VS Software security and it will often be a question of money and price more than a question of efficiency.
But just wait for the technology news...
Regards
If this question concerns more the security choices in a corporate environment than at home, it appears that the Hardware Industry takes more and more into consideration the defense and protection of any system.
The question "Hardware VS Software firewall" has often been discussed and the answer for a home user is quite a question of money (the software firewall is necessary, and it's better with a router).
But i've heard that Intel and AMD will integrate antivirus protections inside their processors.
Then it could be the same marketing choice for ATI and others constructors.
The problem with Software security is that any sofware is vulnerable to Reverse Ingienereen.
Then any system protected by security softwares is vulnerable and could be bypassed and defeated.
The best hacking methods are often a mix between well known methods or exploits and personal research.
Each day new exploits and vulnerabilities can be used for defeating systems and in order to gain access for any targets (for fun or bad intentions).
All the products which we're talking about on this forum could be vulnerable against Buffer/Heap Overflow (even with a specific and efficient protection like StackDefender or Overflowguard).
This attack could also just the first step for a D.Of Service (DOS) and so on...
An other example is the defense against DDOS for a home user.
Without an Hardware protection, the system can be DDOSed (with the necessary resources).
But the probability for a home computer to be the victim of a DDOS is really minor.
Web Applications Attacks (which targets the browser for a home user for instance) are also a big problem which is really difficult to resolve with security softwares.
Finally, we can list the Pros and the Cons of Hardware VS Software security and it will often be a question of money and price more than a question of efficiency.
But just wait for the technology news...
Regards