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Asked by nicholasjwolf in Internet Security, Network Software Firewalls, Miscellaneous
I've been wondering about a firewall concept.
Currently there are spam-filtering hardware devices and software programs that "learn" what is spam and what is not based on user input. Gmail is probably the best example that comes to mind (i.e. "this is spam" / "this is not spam").
What I'm wondering is why this user-input concept has not been applied to some sort of firewall solution? Granted, firewalls play a much more important role than spam filters (in my opinion, from a security standpoint at least). However, I'm imagining a standard software firewall that would work as usual ("Do you wish to allow this program access to the Internet? yes/no), but then take that a step further and compile the responses from all users of that firewall program. Then, once a large-enough number of users respond in a certain way, the firewall would either suggest an option to the user, or (optionally) have the software make the decision on its own. It could incorporate information such as destination IP address, hash-check of the program requesting access, etc. etc. Is anyone anywhere trying this? Bit9 seems to have something along these lines, but not exactly. So, why or why not have this type of firewall solution?
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