On 01 Aug 2001 22:17:52 +0200, Jens Benecke wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 01:31:39PM -0500, Gonyou, Austin wrote:
>
> > If you're the ONLY local use, who cares!
>
> If you *know* you are the only local user.
>
> > If you're firewalled and your the only local user, who still cares?
>
> User firewall their machines usually because they want better security for
> the server programs they use. I.e. BECAUSE they have (probably many) remote
> users.
I beg to differ. In my experience, most users/organizations put up a
firewall because of threats (and not just for server programs that they
use) from the outside, and NOT because they have (any) remote users.
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