> Personal firewalls are useful and should be considered by any user who
> directly connects to hostile networks, such as the Internet. They have a
> role to play in both the corporate and SOHO (Small Office/Home Office)
The problem with all the products you listed is that they are completely
ineffective against a whole lot of typical attacks. Zonelab, Ice, etc,
all don't bother to protect the stack. Why bother if someone can blow up
your machine with a simple stack attack and your so-called "firewall"
never sees it?
The personal firewalls out on the market today are substantially worthless
tools designed to take advantage of a paranoid, uneducated market base
that can't tell the difference between when they're really being protected
and when they're not. They take advantage of the people who say "Ooh we
need security on our computer so Johnny doesn't become a hacker" and have
no idea what the software they're getting does and does not protect
against.
What's the substantial difference between SOHO firewalls and corporate
server-based firewalls? My guess is that one actually protects the
machine. But the btter questions is, should there be a difference? I
don't think so.
.phonix.
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