Re: Kerio in WinXP

From: Leythos (void_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 06/01/04 

Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 12:42:25 GMT

In article <10bot1rjbvece51@corp.supernews.com>, dvader@deathstar.mil
says...
> > My initial feeling about XP's built-in firewall is that it would
> >obviously let through traffic that M$ wants to let through without
> >asking me about it. You might as well trust a fox to guard the chicken
> >coop. I think a 3rd party firewall is inherently more trustworthy than
> >that of the OS vendor.
>
> If you don't trust Microsoft, you shouldn't install their operating system. If
> they really wanted to sneak in and steal your soul, no software firewall would
> protect you. They'd just include the bypass in the TCP/IP driver. An exterior
> hardware firewall might block the Evil Empire, but if you are really that
> paranoid, you shouldn't run Windows in the first place.

Sound advise from someone that doesn't understand that the same could be
true in ANY OS. The Evil empire is not MS, but the massive number of
lamers that post/hack all OS platforms for the fun of it.

Windows platforms can be secured in a manner that will prevent
infections from spreading, but, as many users are not technical, don't
have a clue, don't even do any form of update, there is no expectation
that it will stop. The same is true with non-technical Linux types,
there are many holes in their OS/apps, and as long as they leave them
unpatched they present easy targets. The real issue is the size of the
target, the larger the target (MS) the more things that will attack it.

While I use both platforms, and enjoy both, I'm almost hoping that Linux
never makes it to the home user in the same level as the Windows
platform has - once it becomes as big a target we'll have two (or more)
versions of every virus running around the net and even more problems. 

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