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RE: Bypassing Personal Firewalls
From: "John Howie" <JHowie () securitytoolkit com>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 12:11:05 -0800
Torbjörn,
... There are just too many holes in Windows for it to be feasible to plug them all. The focus ought to be on preventing the code execution in the first place, not on trying to contain it.
I think it unfair to paint Windows with such a broad brush, especially as most other OSes had just as many, if not more, security problems in the last year. The reality is that most vulnerabilities are in applications (and usually third-party ones, at that) that run on the OS, and not in the OS itself. Your point about preventing code execution is right on the mark. Most attacks can be prevented through user education and methodical, secure, application development. Regards, John
Current thread:
- RE: Bypassing Personal Firewalls, (continued)
- RE: Bypassing Personal Firewalls Oliver Lavery (Feb 21)
- RE: Bypassing Personal Firewalls Drew Copley (Feb 21)
- RE: Bypassing Personal Firewalls Oliver Lavery (Feb 21)
- Re: Bypassing Personal Firewalls Shaun Clowes (Feb 23)
- Re: Bypassing Personal Firewalls Johan Verrept (Feb 24)
- Re: Bypassing Personal Firewalls Shaun Clowes (Feb 24)
- Re: Bypassing Personal Firewalls Zow (Feb 24)
- Re: Bypassing Personal Firewalls Johan Verrept (Feb 24)
- Re: Bypassing Personal Firewalls Darwin (Feb 28)
- RE: Bypassing Personal Firewalls John Howie (Feb 23)
- RE: Bypassing Personal Firewalls Oliver Lavery (Feb 24)
- Re: Bypassing Personal Firewalls Torbjörn Hovmark (Feb 24)
- RE: Bypassing Personal Firewalls John Howie (Feb 24)