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Re: Re: Microsoft urging users to buy Harware Firewalls
From: "Jeffrey A.K. Dick" <jeffdick () covirt com>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 13:38:10 -0400
"While firewalls are a short term solution, intergrating them into each windows box does not solve the problem. " I think that we need to stop looking for a single "solution" ... there is no silver bullet to be found ... all OS's are insecure and no firewall can defend against all threats. There are always going to be exploitable weaknesses. Anybody who says otherwise is either an idiot or is trying to sell something. Firewalls are an excellent means of defense -- everyone should have one and it should be seperate from the desktop OS. However, just as "real" firewalls do not prevent fires, network firewalls do not prevent security breaches -- they are designed to slow the spread. "Fixing the OS" is also good -- but if you think that you are ever going to catch *everything*, then you need to send me some of what you are smoking. Cheers JAKD _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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