On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 1:47 AM, Daniel Colascione wrote: > On 9/7/12 1:17 PM, Fausto Arinos Barbuto wrote: >>> You need *a* firewall and *an* antivirus, but not necessarily *those* >>> specific products. If you're serious about using Cygwin, you'll >> want to >>> find alternatives that aren't BLODA. >> >> You are right on spot as for that, but unfortunately Zone Alarm (my >> 2nd firewall option) is also BLODA. I can easily live without McAfee >> (and I'm seriously decided to replace it by another non-BLODA product), >> but really good, *non-leaky* firewalls aren't that easy to find. I >> will see what I can do. > > You realize that Windows comes with a perfectly good firewall, right?
I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one with that thought. > I really don't think people need the security bolt-ons they think they > need. All they do is slow things down and cause problems. > Fear of the unknown is a great sale pitch. What I really dislike are those who distribute things like virus protection embedded in their own product installation. I upgraded Java and ended up requesting an install of McAfee. -- Earnie -- https://sites.google.com/site/earnieboyd -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
