I'm very glad to see that it appears the majority on this list agree. Ex
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Royds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'cdowns'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 5:33 PM Subject: RE: [Full-Disclosure] Re: January 15 is Personal Firewall Day, help the cause > National Smokeout Day has been very successful in getting people to quit > smoking for those wanting to quit smoking. It is not perfect because smoking > is an addiction and only stupid people smoke anyway these days so it is hard > to persuade them to stop. > > Personal Firewall Day is only one of many possible approaches to improving > security on home machines. Too many people on this list have binary minds. > Either it works perfectly or it doesn't work at all. This may be OK for > logic circuits,but it is not valid for humans and computer users are human > not mechanical. > Microsoft sells lots of software for two main reasons: > 1/ It is installed on machines when delivered (which is why they were > convicted of being a monopoly in desktops). > 2/ Because most desktops run Windows, most software aimed at desktops runs > only on Windows. > > So you are not going to get MS off the desktop. How else are you going to > protect the Internet and other computers from these users. A personal > firewall is much better than closing your eyes and saying "run Linux, run > Linux". A separate firewall between the modem and the box is probably better > and they don't cost that much (about $50-$100) and they can act as a switch > for a home network as well. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of cdowns > Sent: January 15, 2004 11:57 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Full-Disclosure] Re: January 15 is Personal Firewall Day, help the > cause > > Out of curiousity, you cant get people to stop smoking with the > "National Smokeout Day" what makes anyone think that this would do > anything ? > > Most people consider thier computer the equivelent of a hammer ( a tool > ), in the toolbox at 4:00 pm sharp until they start thier next workday. > > maybe im wrong, I wish the best on this. > > ~!>D > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >I just wanted to remind everybody that tomorrow is Personal Firewall Day. > > > >http://www.personalfirewallday.org/ > > > >The Personal Firewall Day is a campaign designed to raise awareness about > the dangers we face without a personal firewall. Security experts such as > yourself are encouraged to use the occasion of Personal Firewall Day to > share your expertise and advice with your lesser technologically skilled > friends and family, and help get them secured by installing a personal > firewall - this could be as simple as helping them turn on the XP firewall. > Direct them to the website where they can learn more about personal > firewalls and other layers of protection. > > > >Compromised end-user machines affect us all and the Internet as a whole > when they are used as zombies for DDoS networks or proxies by criminal > spammers, and your personal effort can help remedy this. > > > >PFD is a direct result of the discussions that originated from the > NTBugtraq Retreat '03, and would not have been possible without the > dedication and hard work put into the project by Paul Robertson, director of > risk assessment with TruSecure and the original proponent of the idea. > > > > > > > >Regards > >Thor Larholm > >Senior Security Researcher > >PivX Solutions > >24 Corporate Plaza #180 > >Newport Beach, CA 92660 > >http://www.pivx.com > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >949-231-8496 > >PivX defines "Proactive Threat Mitigation". Get a FREE Beta Version of > Qwik-Fix > ><http://www.qwik-fix.net> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html > > _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
