[73184] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: WashingtonPost computer security stories
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Shultz)
Mon Aug 16 14:25:55 2004
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 11:13:18 -0700
From: Jeff Shultz <jeffshultz@wvi.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <3B7D75DC637FE347A0C9EFC8C4B101156BA9@server.jmdn.net.local>
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Joe Johnson wrote:
> This was a great product, and the closest thing I have seen to a really
> easy Linux. I picked up an Lindows box for a friend that didn't have
> much for a PC budget, and played with it for a little while. It was
> really the only version I would ever consider replacing my Windows box
> with.
>
> BTW, what versions of Linux does everyone consider the easiest? I've
> tried a few I would try in certain places, but which do you all think is
> the easiest?
>
> Joe Johnson
>
I don't know about "easiest" but I have a soft spot in my heart (and
probably my head) for Mandrake Linux.
On the spyware topic... it doesn't take spyware to take a connection
down weirdly. I have one in the shop today that does connect - you can
ping - but neither IE nor any other graphical app (it's WinXP Media
Center Ed.) could see the internet connection.
Ended up being Norton Internet Security's firewall - it was installed,
but shouldn't have been running. No icon in the taskbar.... but
uninstalling it did the trick.
I've had similar experiences with Zonealarm in the past as well.
--
Jeff Shultz
Network Technician
Willamette Valley Internet
