On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 01:21:46PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > > Firestarter and other Linux based firewalls are when you want to build a > firewall for your network. You cannot build a firewall for just the > computer you want to firewall: Firewalls, by nature, must be on dedicated > hardware to work. Thus, ZoneAlarm, Kerio, BlackICE, Windows Firewall, etc, > are guilty of false advertising at best, and gross misrepresentation at > worst. > This is false. You can filter packets to/from *any* interface on any machine. That is what makes a firewall. Now, the physical distinction may be blurred, but the logical distinction is still there.
Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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