Re: Microsoft urging users to buy Harware Firewalls

["morning_wood" <se_cur_ity () hotmail com>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>
To: <full-disclosure () lists netsys com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 5:04 PM
Subject: RE: [Full-disclosure] Microsoft urging users to buy Harware
Firewalls


> I agree with Microsoft's recommendation for a hardware firewall on all
> home PCs.  A Linksys NAT router box is selling for only $40 at Amazon as
> we speak.  Besides protecting against the MSBlaster worm, a hardware
> firewall blocks those annoying Windows pop-up spam messages which have
> become so common lately.  A hardware firewall also protects a shared
> Windows directory from being accessed from the Internet.  My only
> question is why aren't NAT routers built into all cable and DSL modems.
re - Zone Alarm

 buy a $40 hardware router. Software firewalls are not a =
security solution IMHO."

http://www.netsys.com/full-disclosure/2003/06/msg00074.html

*sigh*

wood
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