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

[Murphy, Ged (Bolton)]

You've already given out your IP : 71.48.103.59 - NEW JERSEY, FLEMINGTON,
SPRINT DSL NETWORK

And, by the looks of it, it's come from a private IP address : 192.168.1.2,
which means your machine isn't directly connected to the internet. I would
say your using either a proxy, or some form of NAT/PAT.

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Campbell [mailto:[e-mail]] 
Sent: 16 November 2005 00:51
To: ReactOS General List
Subject: Re: [ros-general] Re: TDI-Based Open Source Personal Firewall

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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