RE: Slashback!

["Skyler King" <SKing () us checkpoint com>]

> Hello Gord,
>
> Do you know how the firewall identifies a "friendly" network?  Does  
> the firewall tap into the wireless layer in Windows to get out the  
> SSID and base station MAC address, or does it just verify the  
> subnet?  I don't actually "use" any of my windows boxes, so I have  
> never used this kind of stuff :).

I can't speak for other PFWs, but ZoneAlarm uses a combination of the 
gateway ip and MAC address to indentify a network (wired and wireless).
In 
addition, unsecured wireless networks are automatically put in the
untrusted 
"Internet" zone.  

sky