Re: Zonealarm & 'Server Access'
From: David Qunt (davidqunt_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/30/04
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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 21:24:27 GMT
Mike <honey@michaelmoyse.co.uk> squirted these wordjisms deep inside the
bumtube of the newstwat in news:cee2vj$6uo$1@thorium.cix.co.uk:
> Ron O'Brien wrote:
>
>> I'm not a Firewall 'techie' so would like to know - in plain English
>> - What the 'Server Access' is all about in Zonealarm's program
>> control.
>>
>> It doesn't seem to make any difference whether or not I give programs
>> Server access status or not.
>>
>>
>> Ron O'Brien
>>
>>
>
> No offence, but this is a prime example of why software firewalls will
> never be truly effective.
>
I think your point is that they would never be effective in the wrong
hands.
In the right hands, however - and by that I mean someone who respects the
power of their machine to sufficiently protect it - a software firewall is
adequate to deal with most threats.
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