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Re: PC Firewall Choices
From: John LaCour <johnlacour () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 17:09:53 -0800
On 1/17/06, Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu <Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu> wrote:
Even more important, a hardware firewall can't be compromised as easily by malware that's on a host behind the firewall. It's easy for a program on a PC to tell ZA to look the other way. ...
Not all security software is equal. ZA actually does a very good job of protecting itself from tampering compared with the vast majority of AV/AS/FW software. A hardware firewall has no knowledge of the application involved which is another dimension to policy that a desktop firewall gives you control over which a hardware firewall does not. Personally, I advocate using both. -John _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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- RE: PC Firewall Choices Nick Hyatt (Jan 17)
- Re: PC Firewall Choices Valdis . Kletnieks (Jan 17)
- RE: PC Firewall Choices Nick Hyatt (Jan 17)
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- Re: PC Firewall Choices Joachim Schipper (Jan 18)
- Re: PC Firewall Choices greybrimstone (Jan 19)
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- RE: PC Firewall Choices Very Unprivate (Jan 17)
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