Re: FIX for ZoneAlarm & KB951748 issue released
John John (MVP) wrote:
>> As far as I recall, nobody in this thread has ever said otherwise. The
>> discussion is about software firewalls, after all!
> Read Kayman's posts, specifically:
[John John quoting Kayman:] "Fact: Outbound control on an XP platform as a
security measure against malware is still utter nonsense. The windows platform
was designed with usability in mind providing all kinds of possibilities for
e.g. inter-process communication."
Kayman is obviously talking about software firewalls here, since otherwise IPC
would be irrelevant. I can't speak for Kayman, of course, but I'd guess he
simply missed the fact that you'd unexpectedly changed the subject.
... on the other hand, and speaking only for myself, I don't see how external
egress filtering is going to help much; how is the device to distinguish between
legitimate and illegitimate traffic? (Well, OK, there's the obvious case of
spam engines, but apart from that ...)
Harry.