[ros-general] Re: TDI-Based Open Source Personal Firewall

[Ged Murphy]

David Hinz wrote:
> Ralph Shumaker schrieb:
>> Will ZoneAlarm work on ROS?  I know that it stays silent, ignoring 
>> "unwanted packs".  I don't think it's open source, but it works well 
>> on windows.
>>
> Since the goal of ROS is to be binary compatible with Windows NT, I 
> would say yes, but I also think ZoneAlarm is a horrible Firewall, 
> there are many better Firewalls available.
> The best solution would be to create a new Firewall for ROS or change 
> an existing one the way we want it, to include it in ROS.
>

Considering there is no decent open source firewall available for 
windows, and the fact that including one is a _must_, this is exactly 
what we will be doing.

Ged