Some thoughts I wanted to share with you all

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[andyman35]

I like Opera too! They have a good bunch of developers who develop some cool technology! They are very forward looking.
(Actually we just recruited one of their good guys to help Comodo with Product management :-) )

Melih

Well you certainly recruited well then! Opera is a fantastic browser that doesn't get the recognition it deserves compared to Mozilla.It's the most secure browser of all and like you say loaded with cool technology.Tabbed browsing,as an example,which is still far better implemented than all the others.

[weaker]

Opera is really great! I'm using it for years now and when all the others are telling me what great new features there are in Firefox now I just smile and try to remember since which Opera version I'm already using that great "new" technology.
Unfortunately People often stuck to what they know (IE), no matter how often you tell them about better solutions (Opera).
And please don't recruit too many people from Opera. ;-) Opera really shouldn't die.

[LogicinMotion]

I think the only really secure way of protecting any pc is instateful packet inspection to see what that packet of data contains, and what that packet of data can and will do when received. This gives Comodo a huge responsibility to monitor all data in and out of the system, but if used effectively could be an incredibly useful tool.

It would be hard to implement, how can you predict what each packet of data will do, when received, and re-integrated into it's whole, but it's not impossible. You can easily use predictive formulas to monitor data as it arrives, CRC's to show file lengths, and file name and extensions, including options for allowing and disallowing data types in and out of the pc. You can also map out what applications need network access, and anything new, or unmapped is automatically denied, or flagged as suspect. (Here we go back to management console modules again)

Not to mention reactive data filtering again by packet inspection, to show what is contained, and it's ultimate destination. The rules could be simple and generic, and a network learning mode, would be used to better manipulate and define this rule as time went on and more traffic flowed through the firewall.

Just some random thoughts.

[Melih]

I think the only really secure way of protecting any pc is instateful packet inspection to see what that packet of data contains, and what that packet of data can and will do when received. This gives Comodo a huge responsibility to monitor all data in and out of the system, but if used effectively could be an incredibly useful tool.

It would be hard to implement, how can you predict what each packet of data will do, when received, and re-integrated into it's whole, but it's not impossible. You can easily use predictive formulas to monitor data as it arrives, CRC's to show file lengths, and file name and extensions, including options for allowing and disallowing data types in and out of the pc. You can also map out what applications need network access, and anything new, or unmapped is automatically denied, or flagged as suspect. (Here we go back to management console modules again)

Not to mention reactive data filtering again by packet inspection, to show what is contained, and it's ultimate destination. The rules could be simple and generic, and a network learning mode, would be used to better manipulate and define this rule as time went on and more traffic flowed through the firewall.

Just some random thoughts.

Encyrption is a problem in this scenerio.

Melih

[LogicinMotion]

Well, it's a problem if a pc not secured by Comodo is issuing encrypted data packets, for sure. But then that being the case it's a rogue pc, and should either become controlled, or shutdown.

This is all about the functionality of the software, not the other issues that may be seen.

Question. Is there free software to secure the clients?

Answer: Yes

Question. Is there additional cost effective components to tie that free software into an enterprise class, efficient management tool?

Answer: In development.

The rest of the issues that exist, that you may not be able to control, are... Simply in existence. You can't do anything about them.

I've seen hardware come and go. 8 bit isa, 16 bit isa, 32 bit vesa local bus, IBM's MCI architecture, token ring and the network beacons, 4 and 16 mbps, then banyan vines, and later on ethernet. They all come with different functionality, and any software developed for one won't work well on another, drivers changes, and the software has to manage as many differing generic situations as possible. As such you can't do everything, so you cater to the market, you cater to the largest class that you can, and you write software that is as robust as possible.

Install the clients, install the management software, install the add-on components, and configure it all to run well, efficiently, and be an easy maintainable, network.

If someone starts encrypting data packets, then turn the option off. You know what your own clients are doing, in fact, you can see who is receiving and transmitting, it would not be hard to track down where that data is going even if you don't know what the data contains.

Cater to your strengths, not your weaknesses.

[po]

                                                                                            Copenhagen 20/12-06.
 There are one application there can handle that  try to look at the following web site
this is NOT for free, but it works  and monitor all  the process that are running on the computer.
www.diamondcs.com.au (B)
Best and kind regards
po

[deckie49]

po
before you dig into your wallet for diamondcs, go to wilders security forum and read some of their threads. around mid 2006 wayne dropped of the face of the earth. all development and support of processguard was at a standstill. the worst of it all, imho was that we (customers) received absolutely no explanation. admin at wilders tried to contact him and found out that his suite had been closed with no forwarding address, so they removed his section in their website. to complicate matters, the diamondcs website remained up and running and continued to take orders.
processguard was a great program and still is, but just be advised that you may not get any support and if you get hung up with a bug, there will be no fixes.
i personally hope to see wayne and processguard back in the game some day.

[weaker]

You are aware that po posted his message in December 2006?

[deckie49]

now THAT"S embarrassing!!!

[Josh123]

LOL!!

Yeah one Year Later... Wow!!!  haha thats funny...

Josh.

[adric]

Sometimes you just have to wait a while before you get your answer.

Al 

[Dennis2]

now THAT"S embarrassing!!!

Do not be embarrassed it might be to late for the person who posted but it could be very useful for anybody searching for an application and finding his post.
Better late than never.
Dennis

[Balmoral]

Dear Melih, I am new to the forum, but I guess that this is a route to contact you directly. Please check the Firewall section, Problems with V3, "Windows update wont download" which includes a contribution from me. I sincerely hope that you can find a fast solution to this problem, because it is clear that the inability to download Vista updates is a serious one for a lot of people. The obvious solution seems to be to uninstall COMODO Firewall, but I really do not want to do this. I look forward to news of a solution.
Kind regards

[Melih]

Dear Melih, I am new to the forum, but I guess that this is a route to contact you directly. Please check the Firewall section, Problems with V3, "Windows update wont download" which includes a contribution from me. I sincerely hope that you can find a fast solution to this problem, because it is clear that the inability to download Vista updates is a serious one for a lot of people. The obvious solution seems to be to uninstall COMODO Firewall, but I really do not want to do this. I look forward to news of a solution.
Kind regards

Thanks Balmoral, we are looking into it as we speak.
thanks
melih

[Coolio10]

Dear Melih, I am new to the forum, but I guess that this is a route to contact you directly. Please check the Firewall section, Problems with V3, "Windows update wont download" which includes a contribution from me. I sincerely hope that you can find a fast solution to this problem, because it is clear that the inability to download Vista updates is a serious one for a lot of people. The obvious solution seems to be to uninstall COMODO Firewall, but I really do not want to do this. I look forward to news of a solution.
Kind regards

Fixed! just so you know.

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