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xxxxdffsf
June 6th, 2005, 12:52 AM
anyone know when the firewall rule option "My @" should be used instead of the "All" option
Thomas M
June 6th, 2005, 02:50 AM
-{ Quote: "anyone know when the firewall rule option "My @" should be used instead of the "All" option" }-

I use it in as many rules as possible 8)
It tightens your ruleset ;)

Thomas :)
xxxxdffsf
June 6th, 2005, 09:40 PM
-{ Quote: "I use it in as many rules as possible 8)
It tightens your ruleset ;)

Thomas :)" }-

If applied to encryption, does it have the same benefit?
Thomas M
June 7th, 2005, 04:00 AM
Not sure what you mean by that. Are you talking about port 22 (SSH) or port 443 (https) traffic??
What are your thoughts??

Thomas :)
xxxxdffsf
June 7th, 2005, 05:51 AM
-{ Quote: "Not sure what you mean by that. Are you talking about port 22 (SSH) or port 443 (https) traffic??
What are your thoughts??

Thomas :)" }-

Yes, either port 22 or 443.
My thoughts are that Using "my @" may limit the effect of the encryption in some way. Does encryption, esp, gre, etc. protect the PC more effectively when allowed (in/out) at "All" access points to the PC or is it better to use
"My @" which appears to allow or deny access at the IP (ISP) only? Can anyone comment on this?

That's where my original question developed.
As a way to test the rules it would be great if LnS allowed for more rules. It seems limited to less than 100 rules, so I end up deleting rules I think are not needed to accomodate for new rules.
All in all, it's a great rules bases F/W however.