Re: Firewall question

From: Mattias Honrendgard (comeand_at_kissmyfatarse.com)
Date: 02/17/04 

Date: 16 Feb 2004 16:54:29 -0800

"Infopackrat" <danritter@n0spamtelus.net> wrote in message news:<tR7Yb.16301$Ff2.16288@clgrps12>...
> I've off and on played with linux for the last 4 or 5 years. I'm just now
> getting comfortable with it. In windows I like to use a firewall that
> prompts me if a program wants to use the internet.

And boy do you need it if you use windows.

>
> One time I asked a Linux pro why Linux firewalls don't seem to do that.
> And he said something I didn't understand. That firewalls that prompt you
> are easily tricked and are useless.

Linux != Microsoft Windows, but hey...

>
> Well I don't want any program on my computer to communicate on the net
> unless I give them permission to. And then I would check what that program
> does and probably check the ip it want to communicate with. I think it's
> only a matter of time that people start writing the same spyware crap for
> Linux that Windows people are plagued with. It seems to me that both rule
> based and prompted along with checking if a program that was given a
> permittion level has been replaced by another one would be the best
> solution.

You have been using Windows for a long time, haven't you? :p

>
> Is there a Firewall program on Linux that prompts you to give permission for
> individual programs to access the internet?

You mean like systrace?

http://niels.xtdnet.nl/systrace/

>
> Also I'm thinking of running Wine. Can I run a Windows firewall along with
> it?

Don't even go there. If your using Linux, use Linux.

>
> Thanks 8-)

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