On 2004-12-07 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi there! it seemed interesting ur chat about using a firewall on a > debian desktop PC, maybe is the wrong time for this question (or is > too stupid)but what about virus trojans rootkits etc, isn't it there > an actual need for having firewalled any PC linked to the Internet? or > having here the wrong concept of things....
Yes, you are mixing up things here. The type of malware you are talking about needs to be run on a host to become a problem. As long as it doesn't get executed, you don't have a problem. If it gets executed, then you have to consider the box compromised, in which case doing a clean install is most likely the only way to restore a known good state. Firewalls don't help here. Regards Ansgar Wiechers -- "Those who would give up liberty for a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety, and will lose both." --Benjamin Franklin
