Apart from the self-promotional blah, blay and old-hat 'cum' timeworn yadda, yadda justifications is Steve Gibson finally realizing that PFW's are Phoney-Baloney ware? (he didn't use the exact same words though...). Of course the die-hards probably have a different interpretation :)
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Leo Laporte: "So the leaktest is kind of pointless." Steve Gibson: "Well,yes,... Leo: "So are you saying that there's no point in doing a leaktest anymore?" Steve: "Well, it's why I have not taken the trouble to update mine, because you..." Leo: "You can't test enough". Steve: "Well, yeah. Leo: "Right. Very interesting stuff. I guess that - my sense is, if you can't test for leaks, a software-based firewall is kind of essentially worthless."
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