<p>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 <a href="http://127.0.0.0/24">127.0.0.0/24</a> if needed.</p>
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Thanks, @cyanogen!</p>
<p>On Jul 21, 2010 4:15 PM, "Jim Lynch" <<a href="mailto:ale_nospam@fayettedigital.com">ale_nospam@fayettedigital.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> Michael Trausch wrote:<br>>><br>>> Perhaps y'all can help me to understand something: what good does a <br>
>> software "firewall" do on Windows? They can be easily programmatically <br>>> disabled by stealth software, so I fail to see the point. Seems to me <br>>> that its better to whitelist the outbound connections by destination <br>
>> port on a real firewall at the network edge, since most baddies will <br>>> use non-standard ports anyway.<br>>><br>> That's fine and perfectly acceptable for a home installation, however <br>> when I go on the road with my laptop, I'm not likely to take a router or <br>
> other hardware firewall with me.<br>> <br>> Jim.<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Ale mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:Ale@ale.org">Ale@ale.org</a><br>> <a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br>
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