Personal Firewalls Mostly Useless, Says Mail & Guardian 303
hweimer writes "More and more security researchs come to the conclusion that personal firewalls are ineffective in controlling outbound traffic. An article in the Mail & Guardian online mentions a test that 'showed that the software often causes more problems than it solves. Not one of the six firewall programs the magazine tested, regardless of whether commercial or freeware, could prevent all attempts from the test programs at establishing outgoing connections between the PC and the internet.' Simple PoCs are available, too."
"Why home firewall software is a leaky dyke" (Score:4, Funny)
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They just didn't have enough firewall. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:"Why home firewall software is a leaky dyke" (Score:3, Funny)
Not really. That's where the gay nerd comes into play, hehe ;-)