Re: Don't use a Firewall other than Windows Firewall?

Mark <nothere@notthere.com> wrote:
["Outbound application control"]
> Sorry, we're talking different things. You're talking personal firewalls -
> I'm talking appliances.

BTW: it's not possible to prevent tunneling without losing connectivity
by using appliances, too. This is problem on principle.

This is, why therefore some people choose the second best option - Virus
Scanners and IDS. Those cannot be perfect, but they can detect the well
known attacks.

Yours,
VB.

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