I'm not saying a firewall doesn't protect the user. My question is how often does it save a user compared to how many times it screws up a user?
I have made multiple calls to one client because he couldn't get into his system remotely. Each time it was Kaspersky messing with it even though we think we changed ever setting necessary to get it to work. It will work for a while and the something "shuts off" again. --- On Wed, 10/21/09, Paul McNett <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Paul McNett <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [NF] McAfee and FTP > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2009, 12:12 AM > Michael Madigan wrote: > > Someone should do a study on whether anything more > than the windows firewall is actually necessary behind a > cable router. > > Because Windows makes it very hard to actually produce a > usable system where you > aren't running with Administrator privileges, the Windows > firewall is susceptible to > attack by web/email trojans (the firewall won't block port > 80 or 110, right?). So who > is to say that the Windows firewall has been compromised or > not? > > Also, the firewall will block certain ports coming in or > ports/applications going > out. It is powerless to block trojans or viruses that come > in over allowed ports. > > > When I install a system, I install AVG antivirus and I > install Windows Firewall. That's is. > > I also don't install anything but AVG. I keep the Windows > security center and > firewall disabled and run a smart perimeter firewall > (linux). Never been burned. AVG > became necessary when the trojan writers got better English > and my users started > clicking on links like "Your item has shipped, click here > to track your order" and > they happened to have recently ordered something. These > types of attacks are > completely outside the scope of what a firewall can protect > against, but so far AVG > has been able to detect and remove them. > > Paul > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for > those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
