From: Mitch Collinsworth (mitch@ccmr.cornell.edu)
Date: Mon Jul 26 2004 - 15:42:13 CDT
That seems a bit over-enthused IMO. We've certainly seen machines with
zonealarm and other pfw's get compromised. For starters think e-mail
and web.
-Mitch
On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 valianp@southwestern.edu wrote:
> If nessus fails due to a firewall blocking the scan to see if the system is
> vulnerable should we care? :) personally I'd be overjoyed.
>
> > I'd worry more about effectiveness than anything else. Personal
> > firewalls or ICF could render scans useless. With XP SP2, ICF
> > will on by default.
> >
> > -Robert
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