Re: Exception Misconceptions
In article <hgnk7s$k62$1@news.albasani.net>, Vladimir Jovic <vladaspams@gmail.com> wrote:
tanix wrote:
Why do you want to install > 1 firewall?
Well, because first of all, most of them are bluff.
They let any questionable traffic through and you don't get the
security out of it as you think you do. Secondly, all of them
have their strong points and weak points.
So, I run 2 firewalls on my box. The number one is my own,
which is a monitoring firewall. Meaning, I can see ANY funky
network traffic. NOTHING escapes me. There is no firewall
I know of that can do that kind of thing, even though I did
not look at the firewall market for a couple of years.
Have you tried peerguardian?
Nope. What is that?
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