Re: Avast or Zone Alarm using proxy server?

From: Roger Wilco (yesman_at_yourservice.invalid)
Date: 02/16/05


Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 15:34:04 -0500


"Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous@example.invalid> wrote in message
news:37fvheF5d0lg7U3@individual.net...
> In alt.comp.anti-virus, Martin wrote:
>
> > Ahh, why are we bothering? This guy will argue with us no matter
> > what we say or do, so what's the point???
>
> Agreed. I just hope anyone reading along sees enough of our replies to
> not heed Gerald's advice.

He's not all wrong - and I wonder why he makes a distinction between
XP's firewall and another. Anybody serious about security will have a
dedicated firewall device not some software running on the machine that
hopes to be protected. He is absolutely correct about not battling
security with complexity.



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