Firewalls

Question

Can you use this program to make/brake firewalls?

Answer 1

No

Networking != Programming.

You can learn programming to make firewall programs with knowledge of network protocols.

You can learn programming to make programs that can exploit problems in firewall programs or network protocols.

Both of these require knowledge of networking and associated protocols.

Answer 2

Thanks jay

Answer 3

@Obey , I agree and disagree.

You cannot use SoloLearn to break firewalls because it is sandboxed. If not and if you had more knowledge as @jay suggested then you might be able to.

Also what do you mean by make or break and the definition of firewall.

To bring down a server (not just web) connected to the “internet”, you don’t need to crash it. You can write loops to access it and spread it to other computers (or VM’s). Which is a really simple description of Denial of Service.

There are firewall programs but a really simple “Firewall” would be to block traffic from specific IP’s or only allow traffic from specific IP’s via Apache config file . Or lockout accounts for x amount of time if it looks hacked. The methods here are only some of the ways to try and prevent the intruder from crashing the server.

Hence a good “Firewall” program doesn’t need to be secretive, since even knowing how it works, does not guarantee access. e.g. RSA-128 bit, bitcoin, ... would require a lot of time unless the hacker stole info from a lazy user and spoofed the machine, key...

Answer 4

Alright thanks you guys are really helpful and friendly