On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 05:42:47PM +0200, Mikael Olsson wrote:
> mouss wrote:
> > so, in theory, perfect firewalls do exist.
> Ah, yes, a machine that knows how to emulate the exact state
> (timings, buffer locations, buffer sizes, amount of available RAM,
> all variables, et cetera) of every piece of hardware and software that
> it protects , without their original vulnerabilities, and also knows
> how to protect against said vulnerabilities, without fouling up in
> a single location or becoming vulnerable itself.
Oh yeah... And don't forget, knows what systems they are running
on without being configured and knows all the user accounts and what they
are allowed to access, without having access to the user databases (that
would be a security risk having that information on the firewall, right?).
> ri-i-i-i-ight.
> Now, which alien race do you propose would help us build it?
Better dig out that time machine while your at it. I think we
are going to need some future help as well. That firewall is going to
have to have that "telepathy circuit" fully functional and tested.
> /m
Mike
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