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Personal Firewalls Mostly Useless, Says Mail & Guardian

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the linux-incompatible dept.

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."

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  1. -1, Offtopic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    WHAT THE FUCK?!? PLUTO IS NOT A PLANET ANYMORE??

    Go to hell you astronomy motherfuckers. Now I am going to have to relearn everything they taught me in grade 4.

    The Slashdot story will be posted a couple of weeks from now, if you want to hear about it now, go to CNN