[BLU] Re: [BLU] RE: [REDHAT] Dell knocks Linux off the desktop (fwd)

[ddm at pizzashack.org (Derek Martin)]

On Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 09:08:27PM -0400, David Kramer wrote:
> 
> I do my firewalling WAY before it gets to my laptop or my desktop, so
> that's not an issue for me.  But I agree with your point.

And kudos for doing so.  The problem is that many bugs which have been
discovered in the various windows flavors are buffer overruns or
design flaws, neither of which can be helped much by firewalls.  This
seems like a good time to repeat one of my favorite mantras of
computer security:  Firewalls are not a security panacaea.

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