[ros-general] Re: TDI-Based Open Source Personal Firewall

[crashfourit]

There's an old saying that goes like this: "It is better to be safe than 
sorry." I would like to have a superb firewall and virus scanner with 
the OS correctly configered.  It just makes harder for something to go 
wrong.

Richard Campbell wrote:

> I'll give ya an ip if you'd like :)
>
> Alex Ionescu wrote:
>
>> Hi Richard,
>>
>> While I agree with your general statement (I don't run an 
>> antivirus/firewall myself for the same reasons), your argument and 
>> reasoning is flawed. You are assuming that all exploits that exist 
>> are patched. They are not. In fact, if you're running Windows XP 
>> patched with the latest available updates and have your RPC port open 
>> (you probably do), I can crack your machine -right now-. Without a 
>> firewall nothing will stop my exploit packet from reaching you; there 
>> is no published vulnerability for this bug. Do you use IE? I know of 
>> 4 unpatched bugs still in IE6 today that aren't "in the wild". One of 
>> them can be used to crack your system after going on a web-page. Once 
>> again, without a firewall, you'll get infected (even with one you 
>> will, but the payload wouldn't be able to do anything).
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Alex Ionescu
>>
>> Richard Campbell wrote:
>>
>>> That's your opinion.
>>>
>>> Do you know that on this box i've never run a firewall or a virus 
>>> scanner?  Occasionally i'll run a web based scanner to check 
>>> suspicious files, etc. but i've never found need for a 
>>> firewall/virus scanner.  As long as you stay up to date and don't 
>>> run questionable files you are fine.  A firewall is not NEEDED as 
>>> long as the OS is properly configured and working.
>>>
>>> Richard
>>>
>>>
>>> Ged Murphy wrote:
>>>
>>
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