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Re: Irresponsible user stories!



Johannes Wiedersich wrote in Article
<[🔎] 462E3E81.9060904@physik.blm.tu-muenchen.de> posted to
gmane.linux.debian.user:

> Celejar wrote:
>> I don't think that protecting Windows machines with firewalls and
>> shutting down services is particularly difficult.
> 
> But maybe more difficult than
> aptitude install <your favorite firewall>
> ;-)

It's better to have network isolation than trust host-based software to the
task.  At least then if someone roots your firewall box, it's not the box
the firewall was supposed to be protecting.

-- 
Paul Johnson
Email and IM (XMPP & Google Talk): baloo@ursine.ca




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