Re: [Full-Disclosure] Microsoft urging users to buy Harware Firewalls

From: morning_wood (se_cur_ity_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/14/03

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Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 20:18:23 -0700

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    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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