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Re: New Computer? Six Steps to Safer Surfing
- From: Matthew S. Hallacy
- Date: Sun Dec 19 07:38:39 2004
On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 09:14:30PM -0500, Sean Donelan 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.
Hopefully soon people will start running operating systems, web browsers,
and email clients where they have no need for a "personal firewall".
(Or, with luck, certain vendors will fix their buggy software)
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Matthew S. Hallacy FUBAR, LART, BOFH Certified
http://www.poptix.net GPG public key 0x01938203
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