Re: Linux firewall vs Windows and Hardware based firewalls

[Juri Haberland <juri@koschikode.com>]

Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-07-31 at 07:50, Robert Storey wrote:
>> On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:11:14 +1000

>>          Furthermore, Intel-based PCs have some well-known exploits
>> (such as buffer overflows) which are a function of the hardware and
>> there is no real cure because changing the CPU instructions would break
>> backward compatibility.
> 
> Bzzz.  Where did you hear that?
> 
> Buffer-overflows are mainly a symptom of the "C" disease, and 
> happen on ia32, Alpha, Sparc, etc.  Any arch that has a C compiler.

Well, ever opened a Cisco PIX firewall? Guess what, it's running on an
Intel P233-MMX...
The remaining parts look like ordenary PC hardware, too.

So much for the hardware aspect...

Cheers,
Juri