Leythos <void@nowhere.lan> wrote:
> > > VB appears to be a troll. Or someone holding an extremely minority
> > > view in security.
> > Or an unusual view, but which is based on fact.
> VB, your statements in this thread are mostly wrong. When considering a
> PFW there are reasons to have them

OK, "Leythos", I will move you out of my killfile again. New game.

> When considering a PFW there are reasons to have them

Please explain, what reasons you mean exactly.

> and in the right hands/solution they
> are very effective.

We both know, that the target of "Personal Firewalls" are home users,
which usually know nothing about computer technology. Do we agree here?

If you don't want to talk about this group of people, please explain,
whom do you mean with "in the right hands/solution".

> At the same time, everyone should have a barrier
> device which protects their network resources even when not employing a
> PFW.

Yes. Here we agree. Everybody, who is offering servers in the network,
should stop that or filter them i.e. with the Windows-Firewall.

Yours,
VB.
--
MAC-Filtering bringt so viel Schutz vor "Hackern" wie Zeitungspapier vor
einer Atombome. (MAC filtering is protecting against "hackers" like newsprint
is protecting against a nuclear bomb)
- Christian Forler in de.comp.security.misc