Re: WinXP SP2 firewall

From: Alan Illeman <illemann@surfbest.net>
Date: Sat Dec 17 2005 - 02:50:22 CET

"Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers" <usenet-2005@planetcobalt.net> wrote in message news:40g19rF1a15veU1@individual.net...
>
> Yes, the packet filter of a personal firewall can protect you from this
> kind of threat (at least as long as it's self isn't subject to the
> attack [1,2]). However, that protection can also be achieved by simply
> not providing any services to the outside world [3].
>
> [1] http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/167
> [2] http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/virus/story/0,10801,93584,00.html
> [3] http://www.ntsvcfg.de/ntsvcfg_eng.html

Now you're talking!
Do you have an English translation for
http://www.ntsvcfg.de/kss_w2k/kss_w2k.html ?
Received on Fri Dec 23 20:08:10 2005