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[Michael Trausch]

Right... but what svcs are you runnning that you'd need to FW on a pubnet? I
guess I just don't get it; I run such things on 127.0.0.0/24 if needed.

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On Jul 21, 2010 4:15 PM, "Jim Lynch" <ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com> wrote:
> Michael Trausch wrote:
>>
>> Perhaps y'all can help me to understand something: what good does a
>> software "firewall" do on Windows? They can be easily programmatically
>> disabled by stealth software, so I fail to see the point. Seems to me
>> that its better to whitelist the outbound connections by destination
>> port on a real firewall at the network edge, since most baddies will
>> use non-standard ports anyway.
>>
> That's fine and perfectly acceptable for a home installation, however
> when I go on the road with my laptop, I'm not likely to take a router or
> other hardware firewall with me.
>
> Jim.
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