Firewall Wizards: Re[2]: Application-level Attacks

[gmx <carpathin.wolf () gmx net>]

Hello

Well... i dont think that application level atacks have something to
do with ports... simply because i think, ports are at tcp-layer, and
if you talk about application, you talk about layer 7... if i hear
application layer and attacks, all i can imagine is virii...
Well, i dont know any other atack for layer 7 than malicious code.
Means, all you can do at this layer, is to use an antivirus software,
imho.
Please correct me if i could be worng.


best regards

Adam



Friday, January 28, 2005, 5:35:52 PM, you wrote:

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CC> Danny wrote:

> > On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 18:56:58 -0800, Crispin Cowan <crispin () immunix com> wrote:
> >  
> >
> > > Shimon Silberschlag wrote:
> > >
> > >    
> > >
> > > > Today, when attacks are shifting towards using the already open ports
> > > > on the firewall, at the application level,
> > > >      
> > > It is often said that contemporary attacks are migrating to
> > > application-level attacks. Can someone point me to data backing this claim?
> > >    
> > How do you define contemporary attacks? All attacks except for those
> > at the application-level?
> >  
CC> Attacks within the last few years. "contemporary" is not the deep part
CC> of the question :)

CC> Note that I actually do believe that most attacks are now at the 
CC> application level. But I am looking for *evidence*, or at least a claim
CC> I didn't just make up :) to back up this opinion.

CC> Crispin


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 Adam Pal                            mailto:carpathin.wolf () gmx net

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