I have a paper to write. I am not looking for someone to write it. I just not sure on how to approach it. My professor wants us to do a comparison between anti-malware, anti-spyware and firewalls.
well,spyware is malware so my question is how to you compare a firewall to an anti-ware program?
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How do you compare antimalware to firewalls
14th Oct 2010
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Describe each.
Note that their functions, for the most part, do not align at all. In other words, don't worry about looking for similarities.
14th Oct 2010
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You should
As Seanferd says, describe each. Then compare the differences.
Do a little bit of research, find out what threats each tend to mitigate and do a comparison.
Do a little bit of research, find out what threats each tend to mitigate and do a comparison.
14th Oct 2010
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How they complement each other
Where a firewall pro actively minimizes exposure to bad things, most of "antiware" scans reactively for traits of known threats.
But, as in the case of trying to distinguish between anti-malware and anti-spyware, one should have in mind that "firewall" is a group of related approaches:
A NAT router gives very good protection if you only visit good sites. I'd employ a home router only for this purpose, even if I'd have only one computer and a modem with an ethernet port. (A NAT router is the safest way to patch a fresh install of XP up to current standards without getting owned in the process). Then you have the soft firewall, which watches over the network traffic. Further: Sandboxing/virtualization techniques are becoming more popular. Could they be seen as a different take on the firewall approach?
And what about intrusion detection? Where does it fit in? Today you won't find it so much in home networks, but I believe we'll see it coming.
But, as in the case of trying to distinguish between anti-malware and anti-spyware, one should have in mind that "firewall" is a group of related approaches:
A NAT router gives very good protection if you only visit good sites. I'd employ a home router only for this purpose, even if I'd have only one computer and a modem with an ethernet port. (A NAT router is the safest way to patch a fresh install of XP up to current standards without getting owned in the process). Then you have the soft firewall, which watches over the network traffic. Further: Sandboxing/virtualization techniques are becoming more popular. Could they be seen as a different take on the firewall approach?
And what about intrusion detection? Where does it fit in? Today you won't find it so much in home networks, but I believe we'll see it coming.
14th Oct 2010
