Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on February 27, 2007 03:28 AM
What I would like to see is an application level firewall. That is a ZoneAlarm-esque firewall that would trap/control applications trying to access the network. It's a nice capability that has been available to Windows users for years but, so far as I know, none exist for the Linux desktop. Mandriva have a firewall applet that seems close but, it's more like BlackIce, blocking external attacks with IPTables, than ZoneAlarm, blocking internal apps from accessing the network. A "firewall" such as this would go a long way toward preventing rootkits and other malware form invading the Linux desktop.
I think you should take look at SELinux or AppArmor, these "programs" should protect your system perfectly for exploits or other nasty stuff..
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on February 27, 2007 03:28 AMI think you should take look at SELinux or AppArmor, these "programs" should protect your system perfectly for exploits or other nasty stuff..
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