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To: AlienTech who wrote (5455)	7/12/1999 12:51:00 AM
From: David O'Berry	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6021

I need to take issue with some of what you said Alien. The ISDN routers do not do well due to inherent bugs in the NAT portion of the routers. Very few if any function in the proxy type situation you are talking about. Wingate is nice but still does not do basic attack sigs like the personal firewalls will do. Full fledged proxy can be implemented for low cost in the home but it takes Linux and some knowledge to do it. I have worked with 7 different brands of ISDN router and finally found one that implements NAT properly to pass through UDP ports. The problem is that it is wide open and the firewall now needs to drop back to my individual home PC's to protect. Anyway, my two cents is that a personal firewall/rid solution built in to the virus software would be a very interesting solution to consider. Of course this is all IMHO, David

To: AlienTech who wrote (5455)	7/12/1999 2:25:00 PM
From: Capt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6021

Why are we moving? This maybe....... Network Associates, Symantec Update Anti-Virus Product, AP Says Las Vegas, July 11 (Bloomberg) -- Network Associates Inc., the top maker of anti-virus and computer-security software, and Symantec Corp., the No. 2 maker, updated their virus-detection software after a computer hackers group gave away an updated tool designed to invade computer networks operated by Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating systems, the Associated Press reported. The hackers group, which calls itself Cult of the Dead Cow, made a software hacking tool available at a convention of about 1,000 in Las Vegas allowing someone to gain control of a computer or network from a remote location. CDC and other hackers attending the seventh annual ''DefCon'' convention charged Microsoft has refused to address a multitude of gaping security holes in Windows, AP said. ISSX Group Inc., which sells network-wide intruder detection and deactivation systems to banks, government agencies and other concerns, said it will make an updated version of its RealSecure software available early this week. (AP 7/11; www.tampabayonline.net)