There's an old saying that goes like this: "It is better to be safe than sorry." I would like to have a superb firewall and virus scanner with the OS correctly configered. It just makes harder for something to go wrong.
Richard Campbell wrote:
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
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