full-disclosure - Re: January 15 is Personal Firewall Day, help the cause

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Message-ID: <4006F64F.2040808@chello.nl>
From: wuck at chello.nl (Dani Wuck)
Subject: Re: January 15 is Personal Firewall Day, help
 the cause

Exibar wrote:

 > Dave,
 >    Sorry to disagree with you, but telling people to simply not use windows
 > and not use Outlook is like telling people not to ride in a car for the fear
 > of getting into an accident.
 >
 >    So you're telling me that if I don't run Windows and I don't run Outlook
 > that I'm 100% safe?  Horsesh*t!   If I install Linux and not Windows XP (for
 > example) I'm safe?  There isn't anything else that I have to do?
 >
 >    Why not EDUCATE the end-user on how to use Windows and Outlook safely?
 > This is the entire basis behind these personal firewall day, it's about
 > EDUCATING those that don't know.

I partly agree, and I'd like to add: You _will_ have to educate someone to use Windows and 
Outlook safely, but it's also necessary for someone to be educated if one wants to learn 
Linux.

  - wuck