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I'm a longtime user of Norton and my subscription expires in a month, not sure if I should switch or renew
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<blockquote data-quote="ForgottenSeer 823865" data-source="post: 846277"><p>+1, not saying the need of a software firewall is overrated.</p><p></p><p>Remember the original purpose of a firewall is to block unwanted inbound connections, not block outbound ones which are supposed to be trusted since the program is present on your system. Privacy concerns have nothing to do with firewalls.</p><p>Software firewalls were made when we didn't had NAT routers and were just using a 56k connection directly via a network card.</p><p></p><p>Now with modern routers, the chance of a home user being directly hacked via port scan and intrusions is way improbable.</p><p>Outbound monitoring is not a real security feature, just a convenience one, despite what 3rd vendors want you to believe...if their solutions would be effective, the malware would be caught before even calling home and triggering any outbound alert.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ForgottenSeer 823865, post: 846277"] +1, not saying the need of a software firewall is overrated. Remember the original purpose of a firewall is to block unwanted inbound connections, not block outbound ones which are supposed to be trusted since the program is present on your system. Privacy concerns have nothing to do with firewalls. Software firewalls were made when we didn't had NAT routers and were just using a 56k connection directly via a network card. Now with modern routers, the chance of a home user being directly hacked via port scan and intrusions is way improbable. Outbound monitoring is not a real security feature, just a convenience one, despite what 3rd vendors want you to believe...if their solutions would be effective, the malware would be caught before even calling home and triggering any outbound alert. [/QUOTE]
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