Re: Linux vs Windows Firewalls

On Wednesday 10 September 2003 13:00, Ridgeway, Alan wrote:
> >A firewall is mostly used for stopping bad guys from coming in.
>
> So I guess you aren't a good Internet neighbor and don't run egress
> filtering.

Since when do you get to define what a good "internet neighbor" is?

And why is egress filtering important if no viruses can get in in the
first place?  Closeing the door to trap bugs that have gotten in
seems a little backwards to me.  Linux keeps them out.

Anything that can get in can disable any firewall you may
have set up for egress filtering, and several of the last Microsoft
worms have done similar things to virus checkers.

The idea that you can protect against a trojan that your
firewall admitted is fundamentally silly.  The only people who 
would suggest such a thing would be people with a sieve for
and operating system.

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John Andersen