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GWF
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2018-10-15 13:54:20 -04:00
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n. Common abbreviation for Goober with Firewall. A user who has equipped
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their computer with a hypersensitive software firewall or host intrusion
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detection program, and who gives its alerts absolute credence. ISP
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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tech support and abuse desks dread hearing from such persons, who insist
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that every packet of abnormal traffic the software detects is a hacker (sic)
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and, occasionally, threatening lawsuits or prosecution. GWFs have been known
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to assert that they are being attacked from 127.0.0.1, and that their ISP is
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criminally negligent for failing to block these attacks. GWF is used
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similarly to ID10T error and PEBKAC to flag trouble tickets opened by such
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users.
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