Firestarter (Chris Jones)

[Robert Holtzman]

On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 05:09:55PM -0700, Jim Kielman wrote:
> 
> are more then adequate for the average user that is running any 
> services. To answer your questions as to why they have to use a 
> firewall, they don't, it's just something they did when they ran 
> Windows, and they can't believe they can be safe on the internet without 
> one. Personally I don't run one at home, and only enable the firewall 
> when I'm out with my netbook.

When I'm not hooked up to the router which has it's own firewall I
routinely see a large number of blocked access attempts, quite a few
from China, listed on Firestarter's events tab. I'll use a firewall if
it's all the same to you.

-- 
Bob Holtzman
Key ID: 8D549279
"If you think you're getting free lunch,
 check the price of the beer"
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