RE: [Full-Disclosure] Re: January 15 is Personal Firewall Day, help the cause

From: Schmehl, Paul L (pauls_at_utdallas.edu)
Date: 01/15/04

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    Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 12:27:06 -0600

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: full-disclosure-admin@lists.netsys.com
    > [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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