[76642] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: New Computer? Six Steps to Safer Surfing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew S. Hallacy)
Sun Dec 19 07:37:46 2004
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 06:36:48 -0600
From: "Matthew S. Hallacy" <poptix@poptix.net>
To: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0412182057110.28470@clifden.donelan.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
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
