Security Basics: RE: Client End Firewalls

["David Gillett" <gillettdavid () fhda edu>]

Pros
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 - Can filter traffic between local machines at reasonable cost

 - Can associate inappropriate outbound traffic with process, not
   just source address (which might be spoofed in some cases)

Cons
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 - Can be (mis)managed by user 

 - Can cause support load by blocking "valid but unknown" traffic