At 02:27 PM 10/26/99 -0500, R. DuFresne wrote: > >I musty be really confused, backofficer is a firewall? I thought it was >merely a port listener, comprable to netcat or nukenabber, but hardly a >fully functional firewall utility of any sort... Point taken. I think there's something really smart about combining a port listener with a personal firewall. Maybe it's too geeky for the masses, but I like the notion of combining the otherwise silent protection of port blocking with the feedback of a port listener. If Black Ice did the right thing with the GUI, it may well be a winner. What kinds of experiences have people had with "personal firewalls?" Personally I've generally either lived behind a hairy chested corporate 'wall or I've done without at home. Rick. smithat_private "Internet Cryptography" at http://www.visi.com/crypto/
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