Re: Desktop firewalls (was: NOT running slow anymore)

2003-01-19 Thread Allie Martin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Roelof Otten [RO] wrote:' RO> It might be more a legal issue than something else. In the Netherlands RO> it's not illegal to hack somebody's computer when he hasn't taken any RO> precautions. That's about

Re: Desktop firewalls (was: NOT running slow anymore)

2003-01-19 Thread Roelof Otten
Hallo Carsten, On Sun, 19 Jan 2003 17:47:24 +0100GMT (19-1-03, 17:47 +0100GMT, where I live), you wrote: CT> Victor, no, no and no. I am not influencing anyone. I am asking CT> you again: please describe a case in which a personal firewall CT> protects you from being "hacked". It might be more a

Desktop firewalls (was: NOT running slow anymore)

2003-01-19 Thread Carsten Thönges
* "Victor B. Gonzalez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello Carsten, [ personal firewalls ] >> Who attacks your PC and how? > I can easily attack your pc starting at this very moment... Please attack me, Victor. Try it as hard as you can. And please explain us how a personal firewall could preve