On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 4:09 PM, G. D. Fuego <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sep 22, 2009, at 3:18 PM, john s <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 2:01 PM, G. D. Fuego <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On Sep 22, 2009, at 2:29 PM, Steven Anders <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> I have always thought that having a computer behind the router >>>> (since router has firewall) is generally safe, but I would love to >>>> hear insights or thoughts. >>> >>> Nope. A firewall should protect you against inbound connection >>> attempts only. >>> >> >> A well configured firewall segregates and monitors ingress and egress >> traffic on a network segment. Controlling outbound connectivity >> doesn't stop internal host app-level exploitation, but it can mitigate >> post-exploit damages and can also possibly provide an alert to the >> compromise... > > How many home users do you know with egress filtering enabled? >
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