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Why outbound blocking gives a false sense of security
Once malware is resident on a system, it owns the box. What makes you think it can't disable outbound filtering?
Posted by: johnrich   Posted on: 08/13/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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MS sees the light!  enduser_z | 08/08/04
Outbound blocking  Jomo_z | 08/09/04
There is NO WAY to make Windoze secure !  realitycheck101 | 08/08/04
You're right ..  worknman | 08/09/04
Ech..  sshreve@... | 08/11/04
You're right, but...  friedcow | 08/09/04
"UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius t  bsfisher | 08/09/04
Sure there is...  rbochan | 08/09/04
You guys are forgetting...  ollie_z | 08/09/04
Not just home users  Anton Philidor | 08/09/04
Windows Security  gsquared | 08/09/04
Nope...  Linux User 147560 | 08/09/04
Arrogance or ignorance? BOTH  Squawkbox | 08/08/04
seems you missed the point  zijiang | 08/08/04
Good point HOWEVER  Squawkbox | 08/09/04
Hope you mean metaphorical rats  Anton Philidor | 08/09/04
Yes Yes metaphorical rats  Squawkbox | 08/09/04
MS has different requirements than 3rd party vendors  dsnyder_z | 08/09/04
Thanks NOW I understand, that is why I asked  Squawkbox | 08/09/04
Processes  sshreve@... | 08/11/04
Ironic comments  Nigel Johnstone | 08/09/04
Incremental security step  Anton Philidor | 08/09/04
No mention of hardware firewalls  wdlists@... | 08/09/04
There you go with that common sense approach again.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/09/04
Why not hardware.  donford74@... | 08/17/04
Why outbound blocking is so important  friedcow | 08/09/04
It is "game over"  toadlife | 08/09/04
Answer this then  Taz_z | 08/09/04
Answers  toadlife | 08/09/04
Good answers  Taz_z | 08/09/04
easy  tamuhockey | 08/09/04
I hadn't thought of that.  enduser_z | 08/09/04
Not sure, but I don't think so.  tamuhockey | 08/10/04
Why outbound blocking gives a false sense of security  johnrich | 08/13/04
The "Outbound blocking" myth rears it's ugly head again  toadlife | 08/09/04
Mostly wrong  Taz_z | 08/09/04
All I'm saying is that outbound blocking is an overblown feature  toadlife | 08/09/04
All good answers  Taz_z | 08/09/04
It saved me  enduser_z | 08/09/04
admin is needed  toadlife | 08/09/04
Damned if they do, damned if they don't.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/09/04
But half-a$$ed works  Anton Philidor | 08/09/04
Al about persecption.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/09/04
"... great ..."?  Anton Philidor | 08/09/04
Who said anything about selling it?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/09/04
You're right; I left out a step.  Anton Philidor | 08/09/04
Except IE an WMP aren't free  voska | 08/09/04
Re:Except IE an WMP aren't free  Michael L Hereid Sr | 08/15/04
Amen, Brother Ax!  ollie_z | 08/09/04
One problem, I don't trust MS  voska | 08/09/04
come again?  tamuhockey | 08/09/04
RE: Microsoft is the reason we need AV software  Scrat | 08/12/04
Forget Windoze, you Lindoze instead  FilledOut | 08/09/04
ANTI-TRUST around the corner?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/09/04
Hmmm, and not a single responce.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/09/04
Anti-Trust  blacksheepxlch1 | 08/09/04
Because we all know your right  voska | 08/09/04
UNIX  bsfisher | 08/09/04
It is almost funny!  blacksheepxlch1 | 08/09/04
firewalls  half@... | 08/09/04
Outbound filtering is overrated!  omdguy | 08/09/04
Not that good at all!  htotten | 08/09/04
Sorry, but  richdave | 08/09/04
UNIX hard to use? errm SCO has run on a lot of tills (and so does linux)  hipparchus2000 | 08/09/04
elbow / butt label co-ordination problem.  richdave | 08/09/04
Not perfect, but much better than the alternative.  JonathonDoe | 08/10/04
Competition, no; enterprise/user satisfaction, yes.  Anton Philidor | 08/10/04
it is a freebe firewall  V Sanders | 08/10/04
Ironically this motto  michael-t | 08/10/04
Consiracy Theory  noetze | 08/12/04
Better than nothing... maybe!  jwschull@... | 08/12/04
The average user is the problem.  rwire@... | 08/12/04
hooray!  CheeseToast | 08/13/04
Long Way To Go  isowipe | 08/12/04
Educating the public  Chiatzu | 08/13/04
If they blocked outbound then...  msdead | 08/13/04
ABS FUD  ArturoWeenie | 08/15/04
re "SP2's new firewall: Not good enough"  V Sanders | 08/16/04
Windows Firewall(XP sp2)  coolone1232001 | 12/08/04

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