 JerryC23Character Counts 40,41,43Premium,ExMod 1999-03
join:1999-10-08
Humble, TX | reply to Wildcatboy
How About -- NONE ???
Is that unthinkable ? |
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 ethics$Premium
join:2000-12-27
Brooklyn, NY | said by JerryC23:
NONE ???
Is that unthinkable ?
No, but ignorant and dangerous.
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 jaykaykay4 Ever YoungPremium,MVM
join:2000-04-13
Scottsdale, AZ
kudos:19
 ·Speakeasy
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said by JerryC23:
NONE ???
Is that unthinkable ?
No, but ignorant and dangerous.
Yes. Agreed. It certainly is, to quote Merriam Webster, "lacking knowledge or comprehension of the thing specified". However, it might be a valuable addition to WCB's poll, perhaps. It would give some insight into what additions might be valuable to this forum, if any.
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Age is a very high price to pay for my maturity, so
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 SkipdawgThe OriginalPremium,ExMod 2001-03
join:2001-04-19
Mount Vernon, WA | reply to JerryC23
said by JerryC23:
NONE ???
Is that unthinkable ?
Now days with all the jerks and weirdos out there you need all the protection you can get.
Just today I've had 7 blocks with ZA |
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 SteveI know your IP addressConsultant
join:2001-03-10
Yorba Linda, CA
kudos:5 | reply to ethics$
Regarding running with no firewall at all:
said by ethics13:
No, but ignorant and dangerous.
Not so fast. A firewall blocks access to private services that the public should not see, but what if the machines in question have only public services? What would the firewall do for you?
I have several machines outside my firewall - Linux and NT - and they are heavily stripped down to have only public services. These are helpful for running IDS and for doing security testing that can't tolerate NAT. Now inside my network is another story, of course, and the "outside" machines are not trusted in any way.
So I agree that the quoted hortatory is true in the general case -- for most people -- but it admits of many more exceptions than (say) "always wear your seat belt", which might not admit any.
Steve
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 explore0Explore
join:2000-10-01
Brooklyn, NY | reply to JerryC23
You can play the game but can you beat the odds? and if so for how long? |
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JerryC23Character Counts 40,41,43Premium,ExMod 1999-03
join:1999-10-08
Humble, TX | reply to JerryC23
I don't understand why I just got an e-mil notification about this
- the mail must be slow
Anyway i Must not have responded.
- I wasn't advocating the use of no firewall
I just thought that a poll
That asks "What firewall do you use:'
should include that as an option. |
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