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Re: Firewall in ecos
ratheesh k wrote:
I am a newbie in ecos . I read that there is no netfilter support
implemented in ecos .Then How is security working in ecos ??
This is a very interesting question and I really hope for some
authoritative answers.
The Open/FreeBSD TCP/IP stacks in eCos are hopelessly out of date (i.e.
vulnerable). It's highly unlikely that servers and clients for Internet
services have been audited or tested with security in mind. Encryption
is not supported, although there is some unofficial port of OpenSSL -
does that even work? Etc.
I assume eCos to be usable only in trusted networks where security is
not needed. Connecting an eCos device to any public network is not a
good idea, unless this system is so unimportant that remotely crashing
or breaking it does not cause any harm.
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Kind regards,
Tarmo Kuuse
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