Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively

2005-04-05 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 05 Apr 2005 01:11, Bryan Phinney wrote: So, when someone suggests that a Linux app be coded to provide the same false sense of security to users, when there are myriad choices of real firewalls as well as methods to lock the system down that are not trivially bypassed, some of us

Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively

2005-04-05 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 04:49, Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 05 Apr 2005 01:11, Bryan Phinney wrote: So, when someone suggests that a Linux app be coded to provide the same false sense of security to users, when there are myriad choices of real firewalls as well as methods to lock the

Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively

2005-04-05 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 05 Apr 2005 11:13, Bryan Phinney wrote: I think what people really want is something like a dialogue box on any dial-out from an application that gives the option of this session always never so that they can block automatic dial outs but allow genuine ones. An app

Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively

2005-04-05 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 06:26, Anne Wilson wrote: An app that knows the difference between these two things? That's not asking for much now, is it? If I could build such a thing, nobody on this group could afford it, Cisco and the other router manufacturers would be in a bidding war to

Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively

2005-04-05 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 05 Apr 2005 11:57, Bryan Phinney wrote: Well, I did suggest that they pay someone to develop such an app as I didn't think that there would be a big Linux audience for it. (The fact that there is not a current project for such a thing, to my knowledge, would tend to bear that

Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively

2005-04-05 Thread jdow
From: Bryan Phinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tuesday 05 April 2005 06:26, Anne Wilson wrote: An app that knows the difference between these two things? That's not asking for much now, is it? If I could build such a thing, nobody on this group could afford it, Cisco and the other router

Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively

2005-04-05 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 05 Apr 2005 19:37, jdow wrote: So you simply block all ports for AcroRead. That's as easy as only blocking port 80. The cute problem is when you want to read a pdf file in your browser. It is probably better to save the pdf file and only allow AcroRead to access local files. I

Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively

2005-04-05 Thread frengoGorgia
Il mar, 2005-04-05 alle 21:05, Anne Wilson ha scritto: On Tuesday 05 Apr 2005 19:37, jdow wrote: The cute problem is when you want to read a pdf file in your browser. It is probably better to save the pdf file and only allow AcroRead to access local files. I do tend to view the pdf in

Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively

2005-04-05 Thread jdow
From: frengoGorgia [EMAIL PROTECTED] Il mar, 2005-04-05 alle 21:05, Anne Wilson ha scritto: On Tuesday 05 Apr 2005 19:37, jdow wrote: The cute problem is when you want to read a pdf file in your browser. It is probably better to save the pdf file and only allow AcroRead to access

Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively

2005-04-05 Thread frengoGorgia
Il mer, 2005-04-06 alle 04:11, jdow ha scritto: From: frengoGorgia [EMAIL PROTECTED] Il mar, 2005-04-05 alle 21:05, Anne Wilson ha scritto: On Tuesday 05 Apr 2005 19:37, jdow wrote: The cute problem is when you want to read a pdf file in your browser. It is probably better to

Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively

2005-04-04 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Angus Auld [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Paul Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 16:15:01 +0100 Dear All Is there some

Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively

2005-04-04 Thread Paul Smith
On Apr 3, 2005 9:02 PM, Angus Auld [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there some firewall (working through iptables) able to open selectively a port for a specific program and not to all programs installed? (Shorewall is not suitable for that purpose.)

RE: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively

2005-04-04 Thread Stephen Furlong
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mandrake.com] On Behalf Of Angus Auld Sent: 04 April 2005 11:10 To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively - Original Message - From: Angus Auld

Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively

2005-04-04 Thread Paul Smith
On Apr 4, 2005 11:01 PM, Stephen Furlong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there some firewall (working through iptables) able to open selectively a port for a specific program and not to all programs installed? (Shorewall is not suitable for that purpose.)

Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively

2005-04-04 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Monday 04 April 2005 18:32, Paul Smith wrote: I do belive this is being discussed in some context in the expert list as well? Might be worth joining to follow the thread. Since nobody answered suggesting a firewall with that feature, it may be very complicated to achieve that, in case

[newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively

2005-04-03 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All Is there some firewall (working through iptables) able to open selectively a port for a specific program and not to all programs installed? (Shorewall is not suitable for that purpose.) Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively

2005-04-03 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Paul Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: [newbie] Firewall for allowing ports selectively Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 16:15:01 +0100 Dear All Is there some firewall (working through iptables) able to open selectively a port