RE: Zone Alarm

["Larry W. Cashdollar" <lwc () vapid ath cx>]

you can configure BSD to default to deny in the kernel.

IPFILTER_DEFAULT_BLOCK  #block all packets

I have had my software firewall up since 1998, with no probelms.

On Wed, 4 Jun 2003, Joe Hummel wrote:

> I would agree with morning_wood - hardware routers are a much better way to
> go - when the device fails, you fail closed, as opposed to a software
> solution, where if it fails, you fail open (read - open=vulnerable).  In
> addition, I've found that even the technically savvy get perplexed by some
> of the alerts generated by personal firewall software.

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