Linux friendly Win antivirus firewalls/antivirus?

[Warren Togami]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hershberger, Robert T Mr (CPF N63RTH)" <HershbRT at cpf.navy.mil>
To: "Linux & Unix Advocates & Users" <luau at list.luau.hi.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 8:20 AM
Subject: [luau] Re: Linux friendly Win antivirus firewalls/antivirus?


> I've heard good things about Tiny Personal Firewall from Tiny Software
(free
> for home use), although I never tried it myself.
>
http://www.tinysoftware.com/home/tiny?s=3359931153604075051A1&&pg=tpf_summar
> y
>
> Microsoft took this product, stripped & simplified, and integrated it into
> Windows XP.
>
>
>   Is this their answer to open socket security?
>
> RTH

Apparently yes.  As long as the 'firewal' is running it doesn't appear to
allow raw socket access.
(But then again, a trojan could easily disable the firewall.)