Re: FW: BlackIce Defender???

From: Rick Smith (rick_smithat_private)
Date: Tue Oct 26 1999 - 12:49:20 PDT

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    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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