Re: Firewall shows ports being used in sqeuence

Robert wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 09:53:07 +0100, Volker Birk wrote:
>>> What would you suggest for a xp box firewall?
>>
>> The Windows-Firewall.
>
> Need to see if I can find the article again but I remember reading
> that the Windows-firewall was/is not secure.

I've seen a lot of people put up this claim, but noone being able to
actually substantiate it.

> Programs on the machine can make holes through it with little or no
> problems.

Outbound connections can be tunneled most easily as long as at least one
program is allowed to communicate outbound. No desktop firewall can
protect you from that. To open listening ports in the Windows firewall
you need admin privileges. If you run malware with admin privileges on
your box, you're toast anyway.

cu
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