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

["Schmehl, Paul L" <pauls () utdallas edu>]

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> [mailto:full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com] On Behalf Of 
> David F. Skoll
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 11:07 AM
> To: tlarholm () pivx com
> Cc: bugtraq () securityfocus com; 
> ntbugtraq () listserv ntbugtraq com; full-disclosure () lists netsys com
> Subject: [Full-disclosure] Re: January 15 is Personal 
> Firewall Day, help the cause
>
> That Web site is utterly disingenuous.  Rather than giving 
> low-value information, how about high-value information that 
> actually protects people:
>
> 1) Don't use Windows.
> 2) Don't use Outlook.
>
> Our company uses neither Windows nor Outlook, and although we 
> do have a firewall, we do not use anti-virus software.
So why do you use a firewall?
 
Paul Schmehl (pauls () utdallas edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
The University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu/~pauls/ 

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