On Wed, 06 May 2009 18:13:36 +0200, jdd wrote:
Jim Henderson a écrit :
Internet, she is asked "Application FooBizBan is attempting to access the Internet. Do you wish to allow this?"
If she recognizes the application as one she's just started, she knows to allow it.
but if this app is filled with a virus, she allows a virus...
True, which is why she also uses up-to-date virus protection as well.
*this* is the problem: how can one know an application is clean?
Such a firewall application could use checksums on the application as a way of monitoring if the application that was approved has been modified in some way. I think (but don't know for sure) that this is what ZoneAlarm does.
Last time I had a virus... t'was more than 10 years ago (I have to say that's just the moment I switched most of my work on Linux :-)
Same here. :-) Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org