Re: Avast or Zone Alarm using proxy server?

From: Gerald Vogt (vogt_at_spamcop.net)
Date: 02/14/05 

Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 07:58:31 +0900

bassbag wrote:
> Many firewalls have component control which would notify of a programme
> trying to use or piggyback another programme to connect out,and also

How do you know it works? Have you tried it? It has been circumvented.
And again, it is easy for a software you are running to deactivate the
firewall the same way you would do manually.

> loopback (localhost) that can be enabled or disabled (apart from sygate i
> believe)I dont believe xps firewalls can offer the extra protection.

What is protection for you? Protection is there where it protects me
against the bad. What I usually get it protection against the "good"
programs I installed and wanted anyway while the bad guy can circumvent
the mechanisms. So doesn't actually the PFW fail for exactly its main
purpose to protect against the bad guy??

Gerald

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