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I stand corrected, they're out there. I'm advised that 3com has a on-NIC firewall product as well. However, at $299 and $329 respectively, I don't anticipate wide adoption in the consumer market... -C On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 12:49:05PM -0400, Jonathan M. Slivko wrote: > > Uh... they have. It's called a Snapgear card :) > -- Jonathan > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Chris Woodfield > Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 12:42 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Petri Helenius; [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: Worms versus Bots > > Simple solution...build the on-NIC firewall to not use uPnP, or at least > require > a password before changing rulesets. :) > > Seriously, this is such a stupidly simple solution that I'm amazed no one's > attempted > to make a product out of it yet. > > -C > > On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 12:21:29PM -0400, [email protected] wrote: > > On Tue, 11 May 2004 11:38:33 EDT, Chris Woodfield said: > > > > > A better solution would be a NIC with a built-in SI > firewall...manageable from a host > > > app, but physically separate from the OS running on the PC. > > > > Gaak. No. ;) > > > > What's the point of a firewall, if the first piece of malware that does > manage > > to sneak in (via a file-sharing program, or a webpage that installs > malware, or > > an "ooh! Shiny!" email attachment) just does the network Plug-N-Play call > to > > tell the firewall "Shield DOWN!"? > > > > > Attachment:
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