Re: Routers

[Martin Wehlou <martin () wehlou com>]

On 27 Nov 2005, at 21:41, Blue Boar wrote:

> Martin Wehlou wrote:
> > Except... that app that is doing it may not actually be one you   
> > wanted to have. IOW, trojans now can control your firewall. Oops.
>
> If your box is already owned, what difference does it make if it  
> punches holes in the firewall?

That's an interesting type of argument. It certainly simplifies  
thinking about security quite a bit. Gosh, all that time we've wasted  
for nothing.



J. Martin Wehlou MD, CISSP, CSDP
Uppsala/Sweden, www.wehlou.com
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