Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 18th Feb 2007 20:29 UTC, submitted by Jennifer Logan
"What is it with the Windows Vista Firewall and its refusal to go away? All our PCs are secured behind two firewalls: a hardware firewall and Microsoft ISA Server. The only traffic that gets in is the traffic that we want to get in. Now we can appreciate having the firewall on by default; but after turning it off over 20 times, it's getting to be too much."
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A firewall is a device which permits or denies connections. A firewall can be hardware or software based.
Firewalls are routers that have rules to control how or if they route traffic between networks.
A firewall is not a router. Many routers include firewall functionality. You can buy hardware firewalls without any routing functionality.
A firewall serves no purpose on a PC.
A software firewall does serve a purpose on a PC, it permits or denies connections.
If you want to protect your PC from exploitation of network services then just disable those network services.
Close, but wrong. A firewall is not a replacement for security, so disabling services that aren't required is essential, however to state that disabling services is the only action required is wrong. If a trojan creeps in, masked by a root kit and opens a port to allow remote control of your PC, a firewall might just save the day.
You appear to lack an understanding of computer security.
No, _You_ appear to lack an understanding of computer security.
Edited 2007-02-19 10:32