Re: [ECOS] Re: Firewall in ecos

[ratheesh k <ratheesh dot ksz at gmail dot com>]

I have seen  Many cable modems and Gateways (Routers ) running on ecos
. There should be some other mechanism ???

Thanks,
Ratheesh

On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Tarmo Kuuse <tarmo.kuuse@mail.ee> wrote:
> 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 The Open/FreeBSD TCP/IP stacks in eCos are hopelessly out of date (i.e.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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