"hardware" vs. "software" firewalls

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On 2007-09-20 16:40, Palias Panagiotis <palias at ath.forthnet.gr> wrote:
>On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:56 , Giorgos Keramidas <keramida at ceid.upatras.gr> sent:
>>On 2007-09-20 14:02, Palias Panagiotis palias at ath.forthnet.gr> wrote:
>>> Ligo trabhgmeno men, alla sta windows 8a eprepe na frontizeis gia ta
>>> updates tou leitourgikou kai na epilueis ka8e problhma pou 8a
>>> antimetwpize o call-manager, enw twra erxetai kati pou douleuei
>>> out-of-the-box me eu8unh ths etairias.
>>
>> Pou tha prepei "na frontizeis pali gia ta updates tou, eite se
>> firmware epipedo, eite se ru8miseis", an de thes th mera pou tha bgei
>> ena kainourio exploit gia to "leitoyrgiko" tou na xaseis to diktyo.
>>
>> Blepeis kamia _shmantikh_ diafora?
>
> H shmantikh diafora einai oti to men call-manager pou erxetai etoimos
> aplws pernas to kanourgio firmware kai paizei, sto palio mporei na mhn
> ka8otan me ta updates twn windows, na xtupage irq, na mhn tou arese to
> hardware pou eixes.  Kata t'alla nai exeis kai stis 2 periptwseis ena
> leitourgiko pou 8elei frontida, updates kai proderm.

H dikh mou diafwnia einai, basika, apotelesma ths amfibolias pou exw gia
thn alh8eia ths protashs:

    H shmantikh diafora einai oti to men call-manager pou erxetai
    etoimos aplws pernas to kanourgio firmware kai paizei.

Ki auto epeidh exw parei sta xeria merika firmware-based pragmata,
epeidh "to firmware update den ekatse kala kai 'ekapse' to tade".

Einai alh8eia pws tis perissoteres fores ena firmware update den einai
toso tragiko oso p.x. to na baleis kainouria karta grafikwn se ena
Windows PC, alla ... "Windows"?  Poios ta &*^%#@$ ta Windows kai ton
entelws ilithio tropo egkatastashs kai update tous? :)