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... these companies should have come out and told the truth -- that purely software based firewalls are essentially useless. The benefits are minimal.
If you are running high speed, continuous Internet connections, you had better have some hardware in place. If you have a dial-up connection, you probably don't need one.
All that a firewall does is to block traffic on specific ports. Most viruses attempt to use port 80, which is for HTML. And nobody blocks port 80 because then you couldn't browse the web.
If you don't believe me ... read up on security. In fact, most software based firewalls are default-configured to register lots of false positives to make it appear as if it were invaluable. - Posted by: coffeenite Posted on: 01/15/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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JWatson77 | 01/14/04
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Uh ... it's not really blocked
coffeenite | 01/15/04
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application level firewalls
in-DUH-vidual | 01/15/04
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Personal Firewall Day NOT
TEBushmaker | 01/14/04
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enlightenment
in-DUH-vidual | 01/15/04
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Uh, no ... it was Gates who said it
coffeenite | 01/15/04
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by design
in-DUH-vidual | 01/15/04
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I just hope
nite_w0lf | 01/14/04
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Do any MS shills
nite_w0lf | 01/14/04
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better solution
middle of nowhere | 01/14/04
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Even more better solution ...
coffeenite | 01/15/04
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tip of the iceberg
in-DUH-vidual | 01/15/04
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Hohumm yawn, and on this day of history
Squawkbox | 01/15/04
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Lest I forget
Squawkbox | 01/15/04
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Dates
Loverock Davidson | 01/15/04
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