Intrusion attempt?

MAllen · 25 Mar 2006 at 17:29

Out of curiosity, I put "Wolfenstein-et" into a Google Search. And funnily enough one of the responses took me back into these OCUK forums.... and specifically this post http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=3249688&postcount=114

This shows that the www.wolfenstein-et.co.uk website is actually owned by DJ Binks on this here OCUK forum.

Which is a bizarre coincidence....

Curiosityx · 25 Mar 2006 at 18:53

Software firewalls are useless, full stop. They rarely report anything useful. But they do have there adavantages if there are transparent to the user.

MAllen · 25 Mar 2006 at 19:00

Curiosityx said:
Software firewalls are useless, full stop. They rarely report anything useful. But they do have there adavantages if there are transparent to the user.

I agree

About the only use I can see is as an "early warning system" if a "new" virus tried to "phone home" from a PC. Though, in practice, most people can't recognise this happening as they have got drowned in a click flood where they have got so used to ignoreing and dismissing excessive nag boxes that they don't read them any more (McAfee and Norton are especially bad at this).

A hardware firewall in your router is always the best bet.

(Personally I use Freesco which is a small Linux distro that fits on a floppy and turns any old PC with two NICs into a decent router/firewall http://www.freesco.org)

Burbleflop · 25 Mar 2006 at 19:05

Curiosityx said:
Software firewalls are useless, full stop.

No they're not.

Even though my network is sitting behind a PIX, the Windows machine still runs Zone Alarm so that I have control over programs on my PC accessing the internet. That way should some nasty get on there it'll be stopped from phoning home.

Curiosityx · 25 Mar 2006 at 19:09

Burberryflop said:
No they're not.

Even though my network is sitting behind a PIX, the Windows machine still runs Zone Alarm so that I have control over programs on my PC accessing the internet. That way should some nasty get on there it'll be stopped from phoning home.

Personally i would use windows firewall policy settings distributed via GPO's then lock down the users desktop environment to prevent software installs and not give allow them local administrative privilages, in a home environment i can see where your comming from though.

subroutine · 25 Mar 2006 at 19:47

I got the same security alert from NIS 2004 yesterday browsing OCUK forums - but the reference to Wolfenstein-et was a different IP / name.

The alert has some connection with sun java.

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