On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Michael Madigan <[email protected]> wrote: > 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?
Personally I use a software firewall because it blocks outgoing connections. It's nice to know what apps are 'phoning home' or if that shareware app is uploading your FireFox password file to some ftp site. -- 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.
