> > Do you use a Firewall ? > > Not on my home systems; being behind a router and with a locally assigned (via DHCP), > non-internet-addressable IP address, which 99.9% of home users have, makes firewalls > unnecessary, unless you're worried about attacks from within; but I don't worry about > that. > > Also not on my server, which is sitting up there on the internet at large without any > firewalling whatsoever. But like I said, it has exactly two ports open: 22 and 80. > > I hear you about end users with little clue about security being the major problem > regardless of operating system.
Just remember, Sony wasn't running a firewall either, and look where it got them... I used to clean up other peoples problems, my brother was a virus/bot magnet, I still remember scanning his system and finding 1200 viruses, I could never get that system working, I told him he should take it out and shoot it...