"hardware" vs. "software" firewalls

[Panagiotis Palias]

Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
>> H shmantikh diafora einai oti to men call-manager pou erxetai etoimos
>> aplws pernas to kanourgio firmware kai paizei, sto palio mporei na mhn
>> ka8otan me ta updates twn windows, na xtupage irq, na mhn tou arese to
>> hardware pou eixes.  Kata t'alla nai exeis kai stis 2 periptwseis ena
>> leitourgiko pou 8elei frontida, updates kai proderm.
> 
> H dikh mou diafwnia einai, basika, apotelesma ths amfibolias pou exw gia
> thn alh8eia ths protashs:
> 
>     H shmantikh diafora einai oti to men call-manager pou erxetai
>     etoimos aplws pernas to kanourgio firmware kai paizei.
> 
> Ki auto epeidh exw parei sta xeria merika firmware-based pragmata,
> epeidh "to firmware update den ekatse kala kai 'ekapse' to tade".
> 
> Einai alh8eia pws tis perissoteres fores ena firmware update den einai
> toso tragiko oso p.x. to na baleis kainouria karta grafikwn se ena
> Windows PC, alla ... "Windows"?  Poios ta &*^%#@$ ta Windows kai ton
> entelws ilithio tropo egkatastashs kai update tous? :)
> 
> 

Ti na sou pw... Apo osa fw upgrades exw kanei se diafores suskeues kai
oxi panta me mamisio fw den eixa kapoio "atuxhma". Isws na sta8hka aplws
tuxeros, den3erw. Kai genika nomizw einai pio aplo na pairneis aplws ena
fw pou einai etoimo na pai3ei para na ka8esai na skalizeis na deis ti
ftaiei, an mporeis na skaliseis fusika (px. windows)