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Re: wireless security on notebooks
From: "Paul D. Robertson" <paul () compuwar net>
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:44:39 -0400 (EDT)
On Mon, 17 Sep 2007, ArkanoiD wrote:
Well really? Are zero-day attacks widespread enough? I assume if you do windows update in time and do not watch pr0n (which increases the probability to meet zero-day exploit) you are almost safe. I'd also suggest not using IE.
You may think that's a good-enough approach, I don't happen to agree- the rate of zero-day attacks is not great, but it happens, and frankl, if AV + updates can't catch them all, then updates alone aren't going to. Now, you can do a lot of IE configuration and permissioning and get pretty much there (though I still argue that SRPs are *the* best first-line defense.) But really, these days there aren't many AV software-generated problems, and frankly the no-pr0n defense is lacking, these days it's Myspace, Facebook and still the filesharing sites that are the most likely vectors. If you're putting all your eggs in Microsoft's ability to catch and push patches *especially* if you're not on an English-based version (the OP appears to not be in the US) then I think you're playing odds- certianly better odds than 10 years ago, but still odds. Paul ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Robertson "My statements in this message are personal opinions paul () compuwar net which may have no basis whatsoever in fact." http://www.fluiditgroup.com/blog/pdr/ _______________________________________________ firewall-wizards mailing list firewall-wizards () listserv icsalabs com https://listserv.icsalabs.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards
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- Re: wireless security on notebooks Alex Ott (Sep 17)
- Re: wireless security on notebooks ArkanoiD (Sep 17)
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