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

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Message-ID: <652579931.20040115184522@comcast.net>
From: hggdh at comcast.net (hggdh)
Subject: Re: January 15 is Personal Firewall Day, help the cause

Hello Paul,

Thursday, January 15, 2004, 12:27:06 PM, you wrote:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: full-disclosure-admin@...ts.netsys.com 
>> [mailto:full-disclosure-admin@...ts.netsys.com] On Behalf Of 
>> David F. Skoll
>> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 11:07 AM
>> To: tlarholm@...x.com
>> Cc: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com; 
>> ntbugtraq@...tserv.ntbugtraq.com; full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com
>> Subject: [Full-Disclosure] Re: January 15 is Personal 
>> Firewall Day, help the cause
>> 
>> That Web site is utterly disingenuous.  Rather than giving 
>> low-value information, how about high-value information that 
>> actually protects people:
>> 
>> 1) Don't use Windows.
>> 2) Don't use Outlook.
>> 
>> Our company uses neither Windows nor Outlook, and although we 
>> do have a firewall, we do not use anti-virus software.
>>
SPL> So why do you use a firewall?
 
Indeed. We the Righteous can have a firewall, but the incredibly
ignorant "we the people" cannot, because they (we the people, not we
the righteous) use Windows.

Sigh. I wonder who is more ignorant.