I run a NAT router box at my house which acts as a hardware firewall for my home LAN. It protects me from the following problems:
- Messenger popup spam - RPC worms - Accidentally sharing a disk directory with the world - Future security holes in the Windows networking software This type of firewall seems like a bargain to me. I would use one of these router boxes even it I had only one computer to connect to the Internet. Richard -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brandon Butterworth Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 2:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Full-Disclosure] Re: January 15 is Personal Firewall Day, help the cause > I just wanted to remind everybody that tomorrow is Personal Firewall Day. Yuk. Whilst I support people taking care of their security I rank personal firewalls on the same level as virus detection They don't fix the real problems and lead to a dependency culture of constant upgrades (if people bother) and alternative vendor sales fud .... _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
