Microsoft's recent push into the consumer security market with its OneCare service, plus the upcoming release of its next-gen Windows Vista scheduled for the first quarter of next year promise a load of security enhancements, however it is without outbound protection enabled.
this will most propably be a repeat of the situation with the Windows XP built-in firewall, where there were many functionalities missing....
The objective of a firewall is to provide comprehensive protection againsts threats, both inbound and outbound. With only inbound protection in place--even though you are protected from Internet-based attacks directed at your computer, any program, including malicious ones (viruses, spyware) can communicate data from your computer without restrictions. This is a dire situation as your personal information, business know-how or other critical data can leave your computer, bypassing the firewall's filters.
This is also because antivirus, antispyware or other signature-dependent solutions cannot deter such attacks, as vendors have not yet assigned a proper fingerprint to identify the presence of a virus or spyware instance. Too often, the development process of the modern security industry is lagging the pace of malware writers
computers are already becoming very very advance. but till today computers can only do what we want it to do. we provide information to it and then its processes it within seconds. given the right input computers can come up with great amounts of information. besides that computers can also hold up to millions of information within its memory.
what if computers are built so that it can think and act on its own without any human intervantion, just by observing human behavior they will be able to act. computers will then take over the world. people will not have a place to work. no use of military defences...
it will be doom days for the human race... and this time it will not be because of a meteorite or a plague... but it will be because of our own doing.
the time of the human race will end and the time of the machines will begin, and we will be slaves to the very things we created....
SCARRY!!!!!1
hahahhhh
with the advancement of technology over the years, and how well U.S have taken advantage of the growth of technology, it would be immpossible to say that other countries can place all their trust in the hands of America.
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Microsoft's recent push into the consumer security market with its OneCare service, plus the upcoming release of its next-gen Windows Vista scheduled for the first quarter of next year promise a load of security enhancements, however it is without outbound protection enabled. this will most propably be a repeat of the situation with the Windows XP built-in firewall, where there were many functionalities missing.... The objective of a firewall is to provide comprehensive protection againsts threats, both inbound and outbound. With only inbound protection in place--even though you are protected from Internet-based attacks directed at your computer, any program, including malicious ones (viruses, spyware) can communicate data from your computer without restrictions. This is a dire situation as your personal information, business know-how or other critical data can leave your computer, bypassing the firewall's filters. This is also because antivirus, antispyware or other signature-dependent solutions cannot deter such attacks, as vendors have not yet assigned a proper fingerprint to identify the presence of a virus or spyware instance. Too often, the development process of the modern security industry is lagging the pace of malware writers
computers are already becoming very very advance. but till today computers can only do what we want it to do. we provide information to it and then its processes it within seconds. given the right input computers can come up with great amounts of information. besides that computers can also hold up to millions of information within its memory. what if computers are built so that it can think and act on its own without any human intervantion, just by observing human behavior they will be able to act. computers will then take over the world. people will not have a place to work. no use of military defences... it will be doom days for the human race... and this time it will not be because of a meteorite or a plague... but it will be because of our own doing. the time of the human race will end and the time of the machines will begin, and we will be slaves to the very things we created.... SCARRY!!!!!1 hahahhhh
with the advancement of technology over the years, and how well U.S have taken advantage of the growth of technology, it would be immpossible to say that other countries can place all their trust in the hands of America.