Re: [coLinux-users] coLinux as software firewall

[H. N. <hen...@ar...>]

Hello Holger, 

Holger Krull wrote:
> Henry Nestler schrieb:
> 
> > CoLinux was develop for speed and low recource consumption, not for
> > security. CoLinux self as a Windows application needs access to network
> > in your example. So, if you would allow coLinux the network access, then
> > also all other Windows applications (bad or good) have access to the
> > network in same way. Sure, you can install some tools to allow only
> > coLinux the network access. But, after such setup, you not needs coLinux
> > as firewall. You can than also setup your Firewall to allow only Browser
> > and Mail and so on the internet access.
> > 
> > The answer about "force all" traffic to coLinux is no.
> 
> I dare to disagree. You can do that if you bridge the network card with 
> a tap device and remove any protocol from the bridge. All communcation 
> would go through colinux and get filtered and back to windows through a 
> second tap device.

Oh, yes. That's a nice idea and would possible. I have forgotten and I was only thinking about typicaly coLinux installation with one tap device.

Of corse, it wold be more hardly to setup it in comparsion with ready-to-use firewall setups al "ZoneAlarm".

Henry


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