Re: January 15 is Personal Firewall Day, help the cause

[cdowns <cdowns () drippingdead com>]

Out of curiousity, you cant get people to stop smoking with the 
"National Smokeout Day" what makes anyone think that this would do 
anything ?

Most people consider thier computer the equivelent of a hammer ( a tool 
), in the toolbox at 4:00 pm sharp until they start thier next workday.

maybe im wrong, I wish the best on this.

~!>D

tlarholm () pivx com wrote:

> I just wanted to remind everybody that tomorrow is Personal Firewall Day.
>
> http://www.personalfirewallday.org/
>
> The Personal Firewall Day is a campaign designed to raise awareness about the dangers we face without a personal 
> firewall. Security experts such as yourself are encouraged to use the occasion of Personal Firewall Day to share your 
> expertise and advice with your lesser technologically skilled friends and family, and help get them secured by 
> installing a personal firewall - this could be as simple as helping them turn on the XP firewall. Direct them to the 
> website where they can learn more about personal firewalls and other layers of protection.
>
> Compromised end-user machines affect us all and the Internet as a whole when they are used as zombies for DDoS networks 
> or proxies by criminal spammers, and your personal effort can help remedy this.
>
> PFD is a direct result of the discussions that originated from the NTBugtraq Retreat '03, and would not have been 
> possible without the dedication and hard work put into the project by Paul Robertson, director of risk assessment with 
> TruSecure and the original proponent of the idea.
>
>
>
> Regards 
> Thor Larholm 
> Senior Security Researcher 
> PivX Solutions 
> 24 Corporate Plaza #180 
> Newport Beach, CA 92660 
> http://www.pivx.com 
> thor () pivx com 
> 949-231-8496 
> PivX defines “Proactive Threat Mitigation”. Get a FREE Beta Version of Qwik-Fix 
> <http://www.qwik-fix.net> 
>
>  

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