Re: [ros-general] Re: TDI-Based Open Source Personal Firewall

[Richard Campbell]

I'll give ya an ip if you'd like :)

Alex Ionescu wrote:

>   Hi Richard,
>
>  While I agree with your general statement (I don't run an 
>  antivirus/firewall myself for the same reasons), your argument and 
>  reasoning is flawed. You are assuming that all exploits that exist are 
>  patched. They are not. In fact, if you're running Windows XP patched 
>  with the latest available updates and have your RPC port open (you 
>  probably do), I can crack your machine -right now-. Without a firewall 
>  nothing will stop my exploit packet from reaching you; there is no 
>  published vulnerability for this bug. Do you use IE? I know of 4 
>  unpatched bugs still in IE6 today that aren't "in the wild". One of 
>  them can be used to crack your system after going on a web-page. Once 
>  again, without a firewall, you'll get infected (even with one you 
>  will, but the payload wouldn't be able to do anything).
>
>  Best regards,
>  Alex Ionescu
>
>  Richard Campbell wrote:
>
> >   That's your opinion.
> >
> >  Do you know that on this box i've never run a firewall or a virus 
> >  scanner?  Occasionally i'll run a web based scanner to check 
> >  suspicious files, etc. but i've never found need for a firewall/virus 
> >  scanner.  As long as you stay up to date and don't run questionable 
> >  files you are fine.  A firewall is not NEEDED as long as the OS is 
> >  properly configured and working.
> >
> >  Richard
> >
> >
> >  Ged Murphy wrote:
> >  
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