Yeah, our network guy is a big fan of Tiny. He keeps getting on me about BlackIce :)
Still application protection of any kind is useless as long as one program with a COM/.Net/etc. scriptable interface is allowed unfettered access to the net...and IE fits that bill nicely. -- jon mailto:jonhall@;ozline.net Friday, November 8, 2002, 4:03:24 PM, you wrote: LL> The firewall I use (Tiny Personal Firewall) blocks anything outgoing from LL> the machine unless you OK it. So its a bit more of a protection. LL> larry LL> -- LL> Larry C. Lyons LL> ColdFusion/Web Developer LL> Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer LL> EBStor.com LL> 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 LL> Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 LL> tel: (703) 393-7930 LL> fax: (703) 393-2659 LL> Web: http://www.ebstor.com LL> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] LL> Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. LL> -- >> -----Original Message----- >> From: jon hall [mailto:jonhall@;ozline.net] >> Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 1:34 PM >> To: CF-Community >> Subject: Re: Firewall >> >> >> Sigh...this is all Steve Gibson's fault. If your computer gets >> infected by a trojan. No firewall makes you safe. It's a pointless >> battle. It's an extremely trivial script to use Internet Explorer to >> send and receive data, right past ZA or the new Black Ice app >> protection. IE is the first thing you let have access to the internet >> right?......... >> >> The most effective defense against trojan's and viruses in general is >> to not use Outlook. Outlook/OE is the number one vector for attack >> these days by a wide margin. >> >> -- >> jon >> mailto:jonhall@;ozline.net >> >> Friday, November 8, 2002, 1:02:55 PM, you wrote: >> HP> The one article I read claimed that Black Ice was >> ineffective against >> HP> zombies - but it may be dated now... >> >> HP> Patrick >> >> LL> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
