--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi there! it seemed interesting ur chat about using a firewall on a > debian desktop PC, maybe is the wrong time for this question > (or is too stupid)but what about virus trojans rootkits etc, isn't it > there > an actual need for > having firewalled any PC linked to the Internet? or having here the > wrong > concept of things.... > Worms would be more of a threat, how ever the only service were even thinking about running is mldonky. The only way for a worm to infect this PC would be a tcp/ip exploit, runing a firewall has a %50 chance of exposing a tcp/ip exloit. The other %50 goes to not running a firewall.
As far as trojans rootkits, it's vary common to be running a firewall so you would think than any trojans rootkits would disable the firewall. There are better ways of dealing with this problem, especialy in debian. > thanks anyway > > > -- > Raúl Martínez Sánchez > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250