Re: is this practicel- separate puter for int access?

From: keezdriver (keezdriverNOT@THISSTUFFbellsouth.net)
Date: 03/22/02 

From: keezdriver <keezdriverNOT@THISSTUFFbellsouth.net>
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 21:40:09 -0500

r smith wrote:

> I am quickly coming to the conclusion that cable access for a home user is
> never going to be 'safe' regarding privacy and malicious subversion. It
> seems like setting up a tent in a field and devising elaborate shells to
> make it indestructible.
> For us single users that don't run a webserver and need only ;email, FTP,
> webbrowsing, p2p (like morpheous winmx etc) is it practical to set up an
> older PII MB with a nic card, ram, video-card, HD and quickly transfer
all
> downloads to a second 'good' computer then scan them with an AV scanner?
the
> cheaper webbox could run a simple firewall and AV background scanning.
> I imagine Lynux would be better. Opera and Pegasus might offer safer
surfing
> and email.
> the older computers are not that much more expensive than a good
firewall.
> the philosophy would be not to have any personal info or important
documents
> available to the network connection.
> Rick, fed up in Canada.
Use the seperate box to run a standalone firewall such as IPCOP, natbox, or
even (cough)smoothwall (just don't ask any questions). They will provide a
buffer to your home network. Use something like ZA free or sygate free,
etc on the windows box and an anti-virus (AVG is free) program. The fire
wall box would not require a monitor or keyboard once it is installed so
you save on equipment. 

-- 
Michael T
Don't blame me, I didn't vote for him!
Then again, neither did a lot of other people.
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