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Sorry Brian, but I take exception to this statement: > I definitely would not suggest to someone coming from the Windows > world whose current idea of a good firewall is Kerio with a system > tray icon on their primary machine, that they should jump full bore > into the world of shorewall and iptables while their current > machine is open to attack from the Internet. As I have already admitted, I understand little of the linux firewall or how it operates behind the scenes. I DO however understand how my Windows based firewall Kerio works, and I HAVE done my homework on installing it and setting it up. It is NOT what I would call a newbies Windows firewall, as it is rules based and requires at least a basic understanding of protocols, but it is highly configurable and it works! My firewall comes up stealthed in EVERY security test I have done on it, without fail, and I am as confident as anyone can ever be with things internet security, that it is protecting my machine more than adequately. You seem to imply in your statement above, that anyone using Kerio or any similar Windows based "pretty" firewall, is kidding themselves into believing they are *safe* while all the time being wide open to attack from the Internet. That is simply not true. As with any firewall, including your shorewall and iptalbes, it needs to be configured correctly and constantly monitored to ensure that current rules are still appropriate at any given point in time. Properly configured, Kerio does a fine job of protecting my machine. Sure, there are computer users out there who are running a badly or incorrectly configured firewall who WILL be open to attack ... however, I am not one of them. - -- - Carren -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP SDK 3.0.2 Comment: "" iQA/AwUBP9yyAMqIEIT739NzEQI9/wCcCRyYWUHhVp3/tcKoJbtjXi+nQ6oAnjgC HRTtGNOAiT/z4LNV6hbr3s8U =8PGW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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