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RE: Re: January 15 is Personal Firewall Day, help the cause
From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 18:28:23 -0500
I run a NAT router box at my house which acts as a hardware firewall for my home LAN. It protects me from the following problems: - Messenger popup spam - RPC worms - Accidentally sharing a disk directory with the world - Future security holes in the Windows networking software This type of firewall seems like a bargain to me. I would use one of these router boxes even it I had only one computer to connect to the Internet. Richard -----Original Message----- From: full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com [mailto:full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com] On Behalf Of Brandon Butterworth Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 2:10 PM To: bugtraq () securityfocus com Cc: full-disclosure () lists netsys com Subject: [Full-disclosure] Re: January 15 is Personal Firewall Day, help the cause
I just wanted to remind everybody that tomorrow is Personal Firewall Day.
Yuk. Whilst I support people taking care of their security I rank personal firewalls on the same level as virus detection They don't fix the real problems and lead to a dependency culture of constant upgrades (if people bother) and alternative vendor sales fud .... _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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- RE: Re: January 15 is Personal Firewall Day, help the cause Schmehl, Paul L (Jan 15)
- Re: Re: January 15 is Personal Firewall Day, help the cause hggdh (Jan 15)
- Re: January 15 is Personal Firewall Day, help the cause Mike Shaw (Jan 15)
- January 15 is Personal Firewall Day, help the cause tlarholm (Jan 15)
- RE: Re[2]: January 15 is Personal Firewall Day, help the cause Schmehl, Paul L (Jan 15)
- Re[4]: January 15 is Personal Firewall Day, help the cause Joris De Donder (Jan 16)
- RE: Re: January 15 is Personal Firewall Day, help the cause James Patterson Wicks (Jan 15)
- RE: Re: January 15 is Personal Firewall Day, help the cause Schmehl, Paul L (Jan 15)
- Re: January 15 is Personal Firewall Day, help the cause Brandon Butterworth (Jan 15)
- Re: Re: January 15 is Personal Firewall Day, help the cause Gary Flynn (Jan 15)
- RE: Re: January 15 is Personal Firewall Day, help the cause Richard M. Smith (Jan 15)
- January 15 is Personal Firewall Day, help the cause tlarholm (Jan 15)
- RE: Re: January 15 is Personal Firewall Day, help the cause James Patterson Wicks (Jan 15)
- RE: Re: January 15 is Personal Firewall Day, help the cause James Patterson Wicks (Jan 15)
- RE: Re: January 15 is Personal Firewall Day, help the cause Nicob (Jan 16)
- RE: Re: January 15 is Personal Firewall Day, help the cause James Patterson Wicks (Jan 16)
- Re: January 15 is Personal Firewall Day, help the cause Ron DuFresne (Jan 16)
- RE: Re: January 15 is Personal Firewall Day, help the cause James Patterson Wicks (Jan 17)
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