On Wednesday 25 April 2007, Ingemar Nilsson wrote: >Anne Wilson <cannewilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> And you are surprised? AV must be installed before connection to the >> Internet. And don't tell me it can't be... > >It doesn't have to be. The firewall has to be enabled though. That Windows >XP had a firewall from the start is unknown to many, since they think it >came with SP2. SP2 turned it on, and certainly improved it, but it was >there before too, doing its job if you knew it was there and turned it on >manually. > >That Windows XP contained a firewall but had it turned off in its default >state is incomprehensible to me. That it was off by default is certainly to >a great extent responsible for the worm infestations we have seen, >especially before SP2, but also after, for those that did not update their >systems. > >It seems undescribably stupid to ship a product with a built in firewall, >but keeping the firewall turned off in its default configuration. Oh, we could describe it allright, but then everyone would have a copy of my personal 15 minute monolog, IF their monitor was fireproof. >Regards >Ingemar -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) "Little prigs and three-quarter madmen may have the conceit that the laws of nature are constantly broken for their sakes." -- Friedrich Nietzsche
