[76635] in North American Network Operators' Group
New Computer? Six Steps to Safer Surfing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Donelan)
Sat Dec 18 21:14:58 2004
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 21:14:30 -0500 (EST)
From: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
A better than average news article helping people keep their new
computers secure. It is much easier to prevent your computer getting
infected, than it is curing your computer afterwards.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9658-2004Dec18.html
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.
