Re[2]: Re: Question - Was UKHA2004 DVD Torrent

[Rob Heyes <mh001b4520@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Scott,

Sunday, November 14, 2004, 12:02:58 AM, you wrote:

>> I've heard this from several people (scrap software firewalls and
let the
>> hardware do the job), the only thing that concerns me is that it's
only a
>> matter of time before someone writes a worm that is UPNP aware and
it opens
>> up ports for it's own use....

SE> but you don't want to be turning off your virus scanner

SE> the hardware firewall is so much harder to crack than a software
one,
SE> plus the windows one will be targeted because it's such a common
piece
SE> of software.

Except of course that there's no such thing as a hardware firewall.
At best you could describe them as firmware firewalls.

There are some limitations with 'hardware' firewalls, e.g. if you open
a port then it's open for all programs on all machines. Most software
firewalls will let you determine just which programs are allowed
access to a given port.

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Best regards,
Rob                            mailto:rob.heyes@xxxxxxx