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1. The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003)
GWF
 n.

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

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