tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183906.post109209673597140431..comments2007-04-16T15:53:49.991+08:00GreenLeafnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183906.post-1092288037002855532004-08-12T13:20:00.000+08:002004-08-12T13:20:00.000+08:00Well, we were talking about firewalls and there's nothing much a firewall can do to stop a program formatting a hard disk. But there are several practical issues: these issues are the ones that make it just sensible that firewalls <EM>must</EM> block unauthorized outbound traffic; issues that would be the market reality very soon, if they are not <EM>now</EM>. This is a topic wide enough that I would like to discuss it on a different thread. Wait for my next <A NAME="bogus">blog entry</A> (and i'll put that link point to it once it's written); until then - when was the last time you heard about a virus that called home and when was the last time you knew a virus that erased a hard disk?Gandalfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18192591530777735584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183906.post-1092286433633191312004-08-12T12:53:00.000+08:002004-08-12T12:53:00.000+08:00If a program is running under Admin privileges, you can do very little to stop it, be it Linux or Windows, simply 'calling home' is just too polite. It can simply format your hard disk, how worse can it be?Hethu Nanayakkarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236808652077068941noreply@blogger.com