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Re: [Full-disclosure] PC Firewall Choices
From: John LaCour (johnlacour
gmail.com)
Date: Wed Jan 18 2006 - 19:09:53 CST
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On 1/17/06, Valdis.Kletnieksvt.edu <Valdis.Kletnieksvt.edu> wrote:
>
> Even more important, a hardware firewall can't be compromised as easily
> by malware that's on a host behind the firewall. It's easy for a program
> on a PC to tell ZA to look the other way. ...
Not all security software is equal. ZA actually does a very good job
of protecting
itself from tampering compared with the vast majority of AV/AS/FW software.
A hardware firewall has no knowledge of the application involved which is
another dimension to policy that a desktop firewall gives you control over
which a hardware firewall does not.
Personally, I advocate using both.
-John
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