Originally posted here by Xavier_Amadeus
catch, I work with so called CISSP "experts" who have those 5 little initials after there names and still cant figure out how to add a network printer to there computer. So I guess I'm saying that a piece of paper is just that... a piece of paper.
Installing a network printer has as much to do with being a CISSP as wearing matching colored socks has to do with being a nuclear physicist.

At least a CISSP would understand basic security principals. Things like security = level of assurance and consequently a simpelr system is more secure then a complicated one.

Also, CISSP != "expert" it equals someone with a basic knowledge of at least seven of the ten security domains.

Originally posted here by allenb1963
catch....am I to understand that leaving my box online 24/7 totally unprotected is the right thing to do? Are you telling me that there are no unscrupulous individuals out there who might try to hijack my box and use it as cover while commiting their nefarious activities on the net? Is that what you are saying?
Did I say leave you computer totally unprotected? No, I said that firewalls have two uses and neither one of those happen to be appropriate for the situation at hand. As such a firewall would be a waste of resources. (Time, effort, and system resources)