Re: Don't use a Firewall other than Windows Firewall?

From: Volker Birk (bumens_at_dingens.org)
Date: 09/30/05


Date: 30 Sep 2005 08:15:25 +0200

Mark <nothere@notthere.com> wrote:
["Outbound application control"]
> Sorry, we're talking different things. You're talking personal firewalls -
> I'm talking appliances.

BTW: it's not possible to prevent tunneling without losing connectivity
by using appliances, too. This is problem on principle.

This is, why therefore some people choose the second best option - Virus
Scanners and IDS. Those cannot be perfect, but they can detect the well
known attacks.

Yours,
VB.

-- 
MAC-Filtering bringt so viel Schutz vor "Hackern" wie Zeitungspapier vor
einer Atombome. (MAC filtering is protecting against "hackers" like newsprint
is protecting against a nuclear bomb)
                  - Christian Forler in de.comp.security.misc


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