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Old 22nd January 2010
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Originally Posted by Oko View Post
In the real world you have to filter outgoing traffic as well even if you are the only user of the computer.
I don't think that can be emphasized enough- one of the best ways to catch an infiltration on your network is to see (and obviously block) the callbacks bot/root kits and viruses make.

The first week I turned on outbound filtering in our hosting network we caught a slew of infected machines that had passed our other means of detection.

Plus, it's part of being a good netizen- don't pass your infection on to others.
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