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More info?)
"news" <geerge@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:bBKBc.3276$dx3.25772@newsb.telia.net...
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> "Wolfgang Kueter" <wolfgang@shconnect.de> wrote in message
> news:cb7nfg$g89$1@news.shlink.de...
> > news wrote:
> >
> > > Is there a way to make Windows 98 secure?
> >
> > No, since it does not know user and access right, it can never be a
secure
> > OS.
> >
> > > Is a firewall enough?
> >
> > The tools for win98 commonly called firewalls have no real effect apart
> from
> > beeing unneccessary, eating ressources and annoying the user with
pop-ups
> > claiming that the software has successfully prevented an 'attack', which
> in
> > most cases is complete nonsense.
> >
> > Concerning services win98 is in fact better that the later windows
> versions
> > (win2000, XP), which will run a lot services by default while win98 will
> > normally run only the Netbios stuff, which can even be unbound from the
> > external interface resulting in a sysrtem that offers no (public)
services
> > at all. Add client software that is more secure than the standard
> Microsoft
> > stuff and a user who knows what he/she is doing especially when
> installaing
> > software (keep the codebase small) and such a machine can be called, hm,
> > well, 'quite' secure.
Hi! I have separated netbios from tcp/ip. No use for a firewall? Can i close
all ports manually and just have the ones i use opened?
Thanks