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Linux vs Windows a real life comparison
toadlife:
--- Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H ---How to cheat the perfect Winblow$ "firewall"
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That's nice except you need admin rights to do whatever (I can't tell exactly what) that grainy video shows. If you have admin rights, why not just add an execption or turn the firewall off?
--- Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H ---Backdoor ?
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Again, you show your ignorance. That is no a "backdoor", it's an exeception that was created by an program that was installed with admin rights.
--- Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H ---it is clear that Winblow$ firewall is pretty much worthless security wise.
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Compared to what...iptables? Give me root access to your box and we'll see just how well iptables protects your machine.
toadlife:
--- Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H ---Well ... that may be your opinion of me ... at least I never flamed anyone ... unlike you ... what you think of me is beside the point ...
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My appologies for flaming, but my opinion of you has certainly not changed, especially after the last two posts you've made in this thread. You seem to be very gullable (falling for that "backdoor" article) and lack the basic networking knowledge needed to even understand that the wiki you linked to actually describes exactly what the Windows firewall does.
--- Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H ---Here is a wiki on firewalls ... I'm pretty sure that not only does Winblow$ firewall not fit into any of the firewall criteria ..
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As I said that wiki describes what the windows firewall does quite nicely. From the wiki....[indent]In computing, a firewall is a piece of hardware and/or software which functions in a networked environment to prevent some communications forbidden by the security policy...
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--- Quote ---it also does a very bad job at it. Both Norton and McAfee found worms on my computer that Winblow$ firewall missed ... how do you explain that ?
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It's not a firewall's job to find worms, it's job is to filter traffic. Those worms on your system did come into your system on their own through your firewall - you brought them in yourself, either by downloading some software and running it or some exploit. There is no case of anyone discovering how to bypass the windows firewall from outside of the computer.
--- Quote ---Not to mention that the firewall can be disabled by hackers remotely with relative ease
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Suuuuuure. Care to elaborate on this claim?
cymon:
If a cracker has root on your box, you've got much bigger stuff to worry about then having an email worm slip through.
Aloone_Jonez:
The only way you can make a fair comparason is if you access the Internet only using a restricted user account and this applies to both Windows and Linux.
piratePenguin:
--- Quote from: Aloone_Jonez ---The only way you can make a fair comparason is if you access the Internet only using a restricted user account and this applies to both Windows and Linux.
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Compare what, the firewalls? iptables wins, enough said.
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