Re: [tor-talk] Windows firewall [citation]

[Geoff Down <geoffdown@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I call spambot

On Tue, Jan 21, 2014, at 07:15 PM, Julie Chartier wrote:
> Hi. Please let me know whwn c connected is the bug tracker ? my apartment
> is she boat. Can thermal imaging be done through my camera?I am not
> leaving
> my house without evidence of the abusive powers that be they have been in
> my house I believe different (that increased in intensity to about thde
> max
> Ive heard it running at other times)
> wait until my son.is my browser historyable to distinguish between the
> different frequencies and turn when I am its so I couldn't meet my
> attorney
> I just assumed don't want them coming in wedding it did you hear that I
> can
> listen to turn
> 
> Julie Chartier
> On Jan 21, 2014 10:51 AM, "Patrick Schleizer" <adrelanos@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
> > TheMindwareGroup:
> > > Programs can automatically add themselves to the windows firewall
> > > found some code that does it here:-
> > >
> > >
> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa366421%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
> > >
> > > Making useless against attacks from the inside.
> >
> > It has already been said, that firewalls by concept won't work against
> > attacks from the inside since there are too many ways to circumvent
> > firewalls.
> >
> > In my opinion, Windows personal firewalls attempting to filter outgoing
> > traffic are only cash cows. Good marketing. No sensible security concept.
> >
> > Let's imagine for a moment someone wrote an Open Source Personal
> > Firewall (application level firewall) for Windows. Now someone writes
> > proof of concept code on how to circumvent that firewall. A new bug
> > against that firewall gets opened. But... The bug can not be fixed due
> > to limitations in Windows API and architecture. And since Windows isn't
> > Open Source and Microsoft doesn't care about strong security, the
> > underlying problem can not be solved. The bug persists, no chance of
> > ever getting fixed.
> >
> > See also:
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_firewall
> >
> > Thinking about it some more... An application level firewall is similar
> > to an attempt to create a generic AppArmor. An application similar to
> > AppArmor, that doesn't need profiles, because it somehow understands all
> > applications it's designed to confine. We don't even have this in the
> > Linux world were source codes are available. Forget about even thinking
> > about implementing this for Windows.
> >
> > If you are interested in innovative security technologies, look into
> > Linux, AppArmor, grsecurty, Qubes OS, etc. You could have a lot fun
> > writing profiles, which restrict everything but white listed things.
> > Windows is in this regard too limited. That's also why what you are
> > asking for doesn't exist and why no one is working on it.
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