[windows2000] Re: Question about firewalls
- From: "Sullivan, Glenn" <GSullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 15:03:16 -0400
No way.
If you block outgoing access at the firewall, you block outgoing access at
the firewall. That's that.
The problem is, you have to be able to get onto the internet somehow, right?
Is that through a Proxy Server, or through exception rules? Once you've
made an outbound connection, there is nothing stopping another application
from using that established connection.
As to his problems with Media Player, they are well founded. The EULA for
MP9 contained some scary "we can do this if we want to" language.
Independent testing (and my own testing) has shown that they are not yet
using it, but I check again every time MP9 is patched by my SUS server, just
in case...
Glenn Sullivan, MCSE+I MCDBA
David Clark Company Inc.
-----Original Message-----
From: Beaney, Derek [mailto:Derek.Beaney@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 1:55 PM
To: 'windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [windows2000] Question about firewalls
I know that there are firewalls out there that block programs from accessing
the web.
I got into a debate with a friend.. (who is a Linux freak... suse to be
exact) about Microsoft and having programs like windows media player
reporting back to Microsoft on what stuff you watch and what u listen to..
anyhow the question I have is if u have a firewall that blocks all outgoing
packets ( prohibits specified programs from accessing the net) is there
stuff imbedded in the os that would report back that wouldn't be stopped by
the firewall
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