Michael Madigan wrote: > Someone should do a study on whether anything more than the windows firewall > is actually necessary behind a cable router.
Because Windows makes it very hard to actually produce a usable system where you aren't running with Administrator privileges, the Windows firewall is susceptible to attack by web/email trojans (the firewall won't block port 80 or 110, right?). So who is to say that the Windows firewall has been compromised or not? Also, the firewall will block certain ports coming in or ports/applications going out. It is powerless to block trojans or viruses that come in over allowed ports. > When I install a system, I install AVG antivirus and I install Windows > Firewall. That's is. I also don't install anything but AVG. I keep the Windows security center and firewall disabled and run a smart perimeter firewall (linux). Never been burned. AVG became necessary when the trojan writers got better English and my users started clicking on links like "Your item has shipped, click here to track your order" and they happened to have recently ordered something. These types of attacks are completely outside the scope of what a firewall can protect against, but so far AVG has been able to detect and remove them. Paul _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
