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RE: Flawed arguments (Was all that other crap about PFW day)
From: "Erik van Straten" <emvs.fd.3FB4D11C () cpo tn tudelft nl>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:39:20 +0100
In [4], On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 09:33:29 -0600 Paul Schmehl wrote:
The previous poster complains that PFWs fool people into thinking that they are more secure. Several other posters have cited the fact that most *nixes now come with "the firewall enabled", which obviously means they think that makes *nix more secure. So, they believe, simply by having iptables (or whatever) enabled, they are more secure.
You started a new subject - clearly a rant *I* [1] complained that PFW's fool people into thinking that they are more secure - an idea you reject *AND* support in the same post [2] clearly shown in [3] You quoted only *MY* text - now you're talking "several other posters" who are you ranting anyway In your explanation [4] you're leaving out one of both relevant paragraphs from [3] and provide a stupid excuse I pity you - Get Some Sleep Erik [1] http://lists.netsys.com/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-January/015674.html [2] http://lists.netsys.com/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-January/015675.html [3] http://lists.netsys.com/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-January/015678.html [4] http://lists.netsys.com/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-January/015689.html _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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- RE: Flawed arguments (Was all that other crap about PFW day) Schmehl, Paul L (Jan 16)
- RE: Flawed arguments (Was all that other crap about PFW day) Erik van Straten (Jan 16)
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- RE: Flawed arguments (Was all that other crap about PFW day) Mike Shaw (Jan 16)
- RE: Flawed arguments (Was all that other crap about PFW day) Schmehl, Paul L (Jan 16)