ceejay Wrote: > For example its very unlikely to protect you against outbound "bad" > traffic if you've caught, say, a Trojan from an incoming email (which > your router won't catch). > Ceejay.
Yes, it's true an external firewall wont catch outbound traffic, but there are two problems with personal firewalls. Firstly they give you a false sense of security - they are easily bypassed. Secondly, it's another internet service begging to be attacked, potentially making your system LESS secure! Worth reading up on them http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_firewall Stuart. -- stuorguk _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
