Re: Linux vs Windows Firewalls

"PK Carlisle" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.usability.annoyances
Message-ID <3F5EEA99.13776.7872083@localhost>
Care to add some substance regarding HOW I'm wrong?  
Precisely how, given the limitation in the Linux firewall pointed out, 
is Linux to be made more secure?  Opening a port to every 
program that wants to communicate over that port seems sloppy 
and risky.

Thus spake annoyances-request-DzJonyRHso41Ayx8vbq1stBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org:

> Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 21:06:01 +0200
> From: "Daniel C. von Asmuth" <asmuth-8LkvcxCLB6JmR6Xm/[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Annoyances] Linux vs Windows Firewalls
> Reply-To: [email protected]
> 
> Thus quoth PK Carlisle on Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 10:29:47PM -0500:
> 
> > Am I wrong or can it be that my Windows system is -significantly-
> > more secure online than Linux??
> 
> The former case applies.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> 
> Daniel von Asmuth





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