Re: Kids bypassing firewall via web proxy sites

Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers wrote:
> E. wrote:
>
>>Leythos wrote:
>>
>>>In article <4419045d@news.uni-ulm.de>, bumens@dingens.org says...
>>>
>>>>It is a matter of fact, that it is possible to keep malware from
>>>>running on your PC.
>>>
>>>Oh, and one other thing - I have 67 machines at one location, not one
>>>of them has detectable malware on them - not by any of the commercial
>>>detection methods, not by any of the AdAware/SBS&D, Symantec,
>>>Mcafee.... If I didn't have a firewall in place, filtering content,
>>>blocking access, etc... it would not be possible to achieve that
>>>success in a semipublic setting.
>>
>>I have similar examples. Why is it that despite empirical evidence of
>>filtering working, some claim it does not work?
>
>
> We don't claim it doesn't work. We claim (and proved) it doesn't work
> reliably. Which is why it shouldn't be considered a security measure.
> Plus, the same effects usually can be achieved by other means without
> running additional software.
>
> cu
> 59cobalt

I have seen filtering work reliably. If you have a better way then
please share it.
E.
Received on Mon May 1 00:59:13 2006