Re: firewall for a client
Well... I suppose that you're kidding me... because there is no true in
"you don't need firewalls, because you're not running any server on your
PC"... Even I know that, dude!
So, you know, I give by finalized the discussion.
Regards
On Mon, 2004-12-06 at 18:30 +0100, Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers wrote:
> On 2004-12-06 Víctor A. Ramos wrote:
> > On Mon, 2004-12-06 at 12:42 +0100, Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers wrote:
> >> On 2004-12-06 Victor A. Ramos wrote:
> >>> I'm disagree with you... and here is a quote from the iptables
> >>> documentation section at netfilter.org:
> >>>
> >>> http://netfilter.org/documentation/HOWTO//packet-filtering-HOWTO-1.html
> >>
> >> M-hm. And which part of that exactly is supposed to support your
> >> disagreement? (hint: you do not have a network)
> >
> > My own computer connected to the Internet is a link which can be
> > attacked... that!s the part of the network that I pretend to protect.
>
> Why do you believe that you need protection for something which is not
> there at all? You wrote that you don't have any service bound to the
> external interface. If that's true, then there's nothing that possibly
> could be attacked.
>
> Of course, your uplink could be flooded. However, a packet filter won't
> protect you from that kind of attack.
>
> Regards
> Ansgar Wiechers
> --
> "Those who would give up liberty for a little temporary safety
> deserve neither liberty nor safety, and will lose both."
> --Benjamin Franklin
>
>
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