Re: software firewall that allows inter-process traffic control?
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Re: software firewall that allows inter-process traffic control?

From: Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers <usenet-2005@planetcobalt.net>
Date: Thu Dec 01 2005 - 11:48:01 CET

jKILLSPAM.schipper@math.uu.nl wrote:
> Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers <usenet-2005@planetcobalt.net> wrote:
>> Alex Hunsley wrote:
>>> I'm looking for a software firewall that allows inter-process traffic
>>> control. For example, to give me the opportunity to forbid a certain
>>> program to access an HTTP proxy running on my own computer.
>>
>> That's not possible.
>
> No, it doesn't seem too useful, but it is possible, at least on many
> computer systems.

Wrong. He wants to prevent a certain program from accessing the proxy.
That's simply impossible because all I have to do is stick a proxy of my
own between them.

cu
59cobalt

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Received on Sat Dec 3 04:19:02 2005