Re: Microsoft urging users to buy Harware Firewalls

[William Warren <hescominsoon () adelphia net>]

interesting..i have done nessus scans myself against my own router and 
not found any thing to worry about in terms of incoming holes..outgoing 
of course is of course another matter..<G>


Florian Weimer wrote:

> "Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com> writes:
>
>
> > I agree with Microsoft's recommendation for a hardware firewall on all
> > home PCs.
>
>
> There is no thing such as a hardware firewall.
>
> Typical SoHo routers have a much more defective TCP/IP stack than
> Windows.  Most end users (who can't configure their Windows PCs
> properly) won't be able to control such devices.  If a substantial
> population uses such routers nevertheless, this only leads to more and
> more protocols tunneled over HTTP. *sigh*
>
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