[SunRescue] Finally got DSL

[Ken Hansen]

I see your point, but I would say that putting a firewall on a commodity OS
is more like putting a lock on a door, but the hinges are on the outside of
the door (accessible to anyone) with a note indicating where the local
hardware store is. 8^(

Now internal/in-house routers are another story entirely...

To confuse hackers, I'd put firewall software on a Win3.1 system - how many
scriptjockys were using computers *that long ago*? Security by obscurity...

Ken

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Nicewonger" <twmaster at twmaster.com>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Monday, January 01, 2001 6:49 PM
Subject: Re: [SunRescue] Finally got DSL


> > I don't like the concept of Checkpoint.  I find it kind of silly putting
> > a firewall software onto a machine with an OS (like NT or Solaris).
> > Call me paranoid, but isn't that like putting a lock on a door, but
> > leaving the key in it?