Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 16:37:31 -0600 From: Dustin Decker <dustind@moon-lite.com> Subject: Re: Mandrake SNF Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0204051642480.2619-100000@virgo.moon-lite.com>
On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, Jonathan Hutchins wrote:
> To tell you the truth, the 6.2 box does everything I need PLUS gives me a
> linux box to play with at home or at work. What I'm really after is das
> blinkenlights - the cool attack graphs that Zone Alarm produces.
>
> (Tried running ZA on my computer at work - got it balled up bad enough that
> I had to uninstall it.)
Hehe... most of the personal firewalls are like this.
I tend to view them as silicon snake oil. They generate revenue based
on a high number of false positives, giving the average user a false
sense of security. But since the lights blink a lot, well by golly, it
must have been worth my $50.00.
Dustin
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