Really Needed?

Discussion in 'other firewalls' started by firzen771, Nov 4, 2008.

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  1. noone_particular

    noone_particular Registered Member

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    Try reading the first half of this thread. Stop twisting my preference for a separate internet firewall into meaning that an internet firewall is all that's necessary. At no point did I say that an internet firewall was all a user needs. The OP asked:
     
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    noone_particular Registered Member

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    Take a look at Smoothwall. I haven't tried 3.0 but 2.0 has Snort built into the firewall. It'll easily run on a Celeron.
     
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  3. Rmus

    Rmus Exploit Analyst

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    I'm not twisting anything -- just responding to your comment,
    and showing that XSS can send out data in spite of an internet firewall, meaning that in this case, an internet firewall is not the most important security application.

    My response to the OP's question was in agreement with Kerodos's post #3,

    My emphasis added.

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