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| Thread ID: 52855 | 2005-01-01 02:05:00 | firewalls | susievb (4439) | Press F1 |
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| 309455 | 2005-01-04 00:45:00 | Theres a few... Guarddog/watchdog or something... Theres one for GNOME AFAIK.... firestarter..... and lest we forget, iptables! Sorry to deviate so much from the origional question ;) Chill. |
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| 309456 | 2005-01-04 01:08:00 | Guarddog (www.simonzone.com) | Murray P (44) | ||
| 309457 | 2005-01-05 10:59:00 | Remember the average user is not using their computer for the things that a lot of the forum members do. All they do is email and occasional web browsing and installing and and configuring a firewall is not something they would want to get involved with and would probably cause more problems than it prevented. How true, but given the state of affairs with security issues, all users should be aware that if they are going to be using the Internet in any form they should know about the threats - viruses / worms, malware, spyware, port intrusions, phishing scams etc. and what they need to do about them. And software vendors need to ensure that their software is well-documented so that users aren't left in the dark or left to experiment - with hopeless results. The trouble is that there is this 'too complicated for me' / 'ignore it and it'll go away' mentality that stops many of these users finding such things out - and thats what many cyber-evil-doers (for want of a better family-friendly term) take advantage of. |
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