Re: alternate to firewall?
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Re: alternate to firewall?

From: Volker Birk <bumens@dingens.org>
Date: Wed Sep 21 2005 - 19:39:59 CEST

ashecorven <gharoway@netspace.net.au> wrote:
> ATM I am using Tiny Firewall but i no longer have a need for it
> apart from popping up when a new process starts up and
> asking whether it should be trusted (this time only / always)
> or not, etc.
> are there any programs available that do just this? any recommendations?

The problem is, that I doubt that this really helps you. Usually,
it improves your feeling being safe and secure, but seldomly it
offers you any security.

Yours,
VB.

-- 
"Es kann nicht sein, dass die Frustrierten in Rom bestimmen, was in
deutschen Schlafzimmern passiert".
                                    Harald Schmidt zum "Weltjugendtag"
Received on Thu Sep 29 20:10:00 2005