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More info?)
Sound advice, through and through. Yes, a non-Microsoft firewall and a router
with NAT between computer and DSL... Ben Myers
On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 18:47:50 -0700, Dr. Anton T. Squeegee
<SpammersAreVermin@dev.null> wrote:
>In article <txxwe.1133$0V3.801@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>, "Paul"
><atwater@(NOSPAM)pacbell.net> says...
>
>> I have signed up for DSL and am required to have a Ethernet card. Does my
>> Dell Dimension 4600 computer have a Ethernet already installed? I looked
>> under device manager (Windows XP Home)and there is a listing for a Intel (R)
>> Pro/100 VE Network Connection. Good enough?
>> Thanks Paul
>
> Others have already answered your Ethernet query. I would like to
>add my own caution.
>
> DO NOT, under ANY conditions, connect an unprotected (as in no
>firewall) Windows-based system to ANY sort of broadband Internet
>connection! If you do, it is almost a certainty that it will be virus or
>trojan-compromised, and thus turned into a spammer abuse toy, within
>minutes.
>
> The alleged "firewall" that comes with current versions of Windows
>X(tra)P(ain) is, at best, a bad joke. Remember, it comes from the same
>company that let all the vulnerabilities creep into Windows to begin
>with.
>
> At the very least, install the free version of Agnitum Outpost Pro
>or ZoneAlarm. Ideally, I would suggest installing a Netgear broadband
>router/firewall combo box.
>
> Yes it's extra $$, but do you want your computer to be turned into
>a quivering wreck within ten minutes?
>
> Happy tweaking.
>
>
>--
>Dr. Anton T. Squeegee, Director, Dutch Surrealist Plumbing Institute.
>(Known to some as Bruce Lane, ARS KC7GR,
>kyrrin (a/t) bluefeathertech[d=o=t]calm -- www.bluefeathertech.com
>"If Salvador Dali had owned a computer, would it have been equipped
>with surreal ports?"
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