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Re: New Computer? Six Steps to Safer Surfing
From: Suresh Ramasubramanian <ops.lists () gmail com>
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 08:19:28 +0530
On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 21:14:30 -0500 (EST), Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com> wrote:
I wouldn't rely on software firewalls. At the same store you buy your computer, also buy a hardware firewall. Hopefully soon the motherboard and NIC manufacturers will start including built-in hardware firewalls. But sometimes, such as dialup modems, software firewalls are the only alternative.
Just asking .. any idea how many cable / dsl operators around the world - not just in the USA - provide hardware firewalls along with their CPE equipment - or perhaps provide CPE equipment that's capable of firewalling? Quite a few ISPs that I know of tend to hand out dsl routers with, at the most, basic NAT / PAT capablities, and maybe a CD with a 30 day trial versions of an antivirus program, along with other stuff. -- Suresh Ramasubramanian (ops.lists () gmail com)
Current thread:
- New Computer? Six Steps to Safer Surfing Sean Donelan (Dec 18)
- Re: New Computer? Six Steps to Safer Surfing Suresh Ramasubramanian (Dec 18)
- Re: New Computer? Six Steps to Safer Surfing Sean Donelan (Dec 18)
- Re: New Computer? Six Steps to Safer Surfing Suresh Ramasubramanian (Dec 18)
- Re: New Computer? Six Steps to Safer Surfing Jared Mauch (Dec 18)
- Re: New Computer? Six Steps to Safer Surfing Sean Donelan (Dec 19)
- Re: New Computer? Six Steps to Safer Surfing Suresh Ramasubramanian (Dec 19)
- Re: New Computer? Six Steps to Safer Surfing Eric Brunner-Williams in Portland Maine (Dec 19)
- Re: New Computer? Six Steps to Safer Surfing Sean Donelan (Dec 19)
- Re: New Computer? Six Steps to Safer Surfing Barney Wolff (Dec 19)
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- Re: New Computer? Six Steps to Safer Surfing Barney Wolff (Dec 19)
- Re: New Computer? Six Steps to Safer Surfing Suresh Ramasubramanian (Dec 19)
- Re: New Computer? Six Steps to Safer Surfing Sean Donelan (Dec 18)
- Re: New Computer? Six Steps to Safer Surfing Suresh Ramasubramanian (Dec 18)