Re: Is additional firewall necessary?

Sebastian Gottschalk <seppi@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

freesailor wrote:

Juergen Nieveler wrote:
Super Lemon <fruit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Xp fw only protects you from incoming packets.

Just like any other software packet filter running on the same machine.

If the malware is active on your machine, it can deactivate any
"Desktop Firewall".

Sorry, all this "outgoing traffic checking with desktop firewalls is
useless or detrimental" is *plain bull****.

Yes, a *well written* malware already installed on the PC *COULD*
deactivate any desktop firewall, but by not using such a firewall you
open the door even to *simpler malware written by kids* ...

Now you're really showing what's really plain bull***.

The "strange" thing is that nobody goes around blabbing about
"antivirus software is useless"! :-D

Oh, I do.

Which tells you pretty much all you need to know about how heavily to
weigh Sebastian's views when it comes to managaging risk on a home or
business PC that lacks a user of utmost care and paranoia. Or
Openbsd.


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