Re: Zone Alarm (free addition) and Netscape dialup accelerater.
- From: "Jason Edwards" <none@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:02:15 +0100
"ArtDent" <par@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On 29-Aug-2006, "Thomas" <thomas.hertel@xxxxxxx> wrote:
how often did they post the link http://www.dingens.org/index.html.en?
- not everyone has time
or inclination to do such, therefore using a pf is better for them.
If you have time to order, download and install a personal firewall you
also have time to shut down unnecessary Windows services.
Erm... pardon my ignorance please, but what the???
I (and others) should run this instead of that. What is the point then?
Instead of running a pf, which will usually check for updates periodically
to keep ahead or at least abreast of current 'threats', you are suggesting
that I (and others) should run _this program_ instead, once? What about
when Windows programs/OS update themselves and reset to their not so
secure defaults? Must we run this program/script again then? And, how
would we know we needed to if Windows is set for auto updating like _most_
Windows users should have it set for? Again, I am talking about the
_normal_ (yes, yes, I know there is no such thing) Windows user, people
that are not that computer savvy. If we could indeed keep all ID ten T's
off the net, it would be wonderful to the max, but we must live and work
in/with the 'real' world where your local auto mechanic or lawyer or
doctor or etc. does not feel that they have the time to learn all this
'stuff'.
That's one reason why I never advise these people to install Zonealarm. If I did
then they'd have to spend time learning how to use a complex product which most
of them would never be able to understand. This would cause them to get into a
worse mess than they were in before they installed the unnecessary personal
firewall software, just like the OP has.
It's much better to configure doctor/lawyer/mechanic PCs so that they remain
secure without bothering the user (who, as you say, doesn't have time to learn
about computer security) with security related questions.
Sometimes this is difficult when the doctor/lawyer/mechanic insists that because
all their friends mistakenly think Zonealarm is essential then they must have it
too. For some reason they rarely insist on checking whether all updates for all
software on the PC are present or whether an administrator account is in use
when a user account is all that's required or whether any unnecessary services
are exposed to an untrusted network or indeed whether any unnecessary software
is installed on the PC and running at each startup. These things are all simple
to do, much simpler than understanding how to correctly configure Zonealarm.
Do the "Consumer Reports" that you mention advise users to find out how to do
any of these simple things? or do they simply say "Install a firewall"?
[Rest snipped]
Jason
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