[dba-Tech] Software Firewalls

On 5 Dec 2004 at 17:58, Drew Wutka wrote:

> Want to know a secret?  Monitoring Outgoing is a waste of time.  If
> you want to do that with hardware, you just need to get a better
> router.

Not in my opinion it's not. Nor is it a waste of time for most people 
that I talk to.

> Why would you really care what is going out?  If you use a spyware and

To make sure no nasties are "calling" home. H*ll to make sure NOTHING 
is calling home. Nasties or otherwise.

> virus protection system, nothing will go out without you knowing it
> anyways. Besides, with a firewall in place, something going out, can't

What? an A/V system protects me against virii, not if a piece of 
software calls home. That's what a firewall is for.

> come back in.

I've got a spyware and a/v system in place and it didn't stop Gator 
from installing itself on my pc.

My wife was browsing one day and installed some sort of ActiveX and 
along with it came some Gator crap (that was pre FireFox days). I 
didn't notice it until my s/w firewall blocked it when I was using 
the PC.

And my system is upto date. A/V sigs daily. Spyware checks get run 
weekly (AdAware and Spybot)

So that's why I need outbound protection. And so does everyone else 
IMO

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