From: "Gary Britt" 

Your experience matches mine.  I don't have children either.  Do you have
your h/w firewall set to block outgoing traffic other than the usual stuff?

Gary

"Dave Ings"  wrote in message
news:43fa0d5b$1{at}w3....
> I've been running with a h/w only firewall for over a year now, ever since
I
> abandoned Norton Security. I haven't (touch wood) had any problems and
> haven't felt the need to get a replacement s/w firewall. In fact with
> hindsight I feel like I was p***ing a lot of money buying unneeded
> insurance.
>
> I wonder whether my experience is typical. I've encountered exactly one
> virus in my entire computing career - brought home by my spouse on a
> diskette - I don't do "stupid" things surfing-wise and I'm
always up to
date
> with security patches. So the issue of a virus getting behind the h/w
> firewall doesn't seem especially relevant for me.
>
> When I've asked around at work trying to correlate who gets viruses and
who
> doesn't, it seems that those with children at home are often the ones
> getting infected, whereas those without young children aren't.
> --
> Regards,
> Dave Ings,
> Toronto, Canada
>
> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
> news:43f9ee11$1{at}w3....
> >I can see the problem with a larger network, where I'm not so personally
in
> > control of the few machines behind the network.  Your point would be
> > especially true with a bunch of laptops that travel outside the office
and
> > to home that are behind the firewall.  In my network the only laptop
that
> > travels is my own, but you guys do have me considering the potential
> > benefits of using a software firewall.
> >
> > Gary
> >
> > "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
> > news:43f7ffc7$1{at}w3....
> >> What happens when one of the computers behind that firewall gets
> >> infected?
> >> It would leave the rest of them vulnerable. I'm aware of one local
> >> municipality that got hit quite hard about a month ago for doing just
> > that.
> >> They are still putting out fires
> >>
> >>
> >> "Gary Britt" 
wrote in message
> >> news:43f7fb74{at}w3....
> >> > That's what I do is always run behind a hardware firewall with no
> > software
> >> > firewall to worry about.  It doesn't seem to be the
popular position
> > these
> >> > days however.
> >> >
> >> > Gary
>
>

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