Re: Is a Firewall Necessary with Dial-Up?
From: Nick (goonerbloke_nospam_@hotmail.com)Date: 05/21/02
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From: "Nick" <goonerbloke_nospam_@hotmail.com> Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 22:18:45 +0000 (UTC)
Java Script is a risk, Java is not. It's safer by it nature.
-- ------------ Nick Victoria Concordia Crescit "News" <nospam@anywhere.com> wrote in message news:1021911505.8369.0@demeter.uk.clara.net... > Sorry, but this is not correct. Whether dial-up or broadband, you always > need a firewall when you are on the Internet, no matter where and when. > This morning only, we had 1436 attempted break-ins into our corporate > network. We have a hardware firewall but also insist that all employees have > Norton Personal Firewall installed for the times when they take their > laptops home (which all of them do) and we see regular attacks on each of > the laptops just by simple home dial-up internet use. > > I totally agree with you that ActiveX and Java are a real danger to the > integrity of any Computer. > > Norton Personal Firewall can handle all the JavaScript, ActiveX and cookie > business very well and gives you excellent security. > > Regards, > Oliver > > -- > Please reply to post only as email will not work. > > > > "Larry W4CSC" <spaminator@knology.net> wrote in message > news:3ce8e6b6.1774439@news.knology.net... > > No, it's not. Just make sure you have a good virus scanner like > > Norton Anti-Virus that's kept up-to-date with weekly definition > > updates from the Auto update facility. You'll be scanned on dialup, > > but it means nothing. > > > > I DO recommend getting away from Outlook Express, which is like > > walking around the city with a huge "KICK ME HARD" sign on your back. > > OE is what the worms are all targeted for, so why be a target. The > > systems I setup all use Pegasus 4 for email, Free Agent for text > > newsgroups like this one, SBNews bot for stripping binary newsgroups > > and XNews for selectively downloading binaries from newsgroups. > > There's another message I posted, yesterday, that tells you the > > particulars of my recommendations which are very successful. While > > you're uninstalling OE from the Windows Setup tab of Add/Remove > > Programs in Control Panel (or wherever Billy hid it in XP), uninstall > > Windows Scripting Host, too. Windows Scripting Host (WSH) is Billy's > > gift to the worm coders. It runs "Visual Basic Scripting" (.vbs) > > files. If vbs worms have no operating system installed in Windows, > > they can't run! Sound logical? It's not rocket science. Both of > > these cracker targets are part of Windows, any flavor. Without OE > > spreading the worms to your Address Book friends and WSH running them > > on your computer....you're immune even if you DO get one! You don't > > need WSH at all. It was a gift to the spyware spammers. > > > > There are two main issues on browsers that are big security > > holes....javaSCRIPT (not Java) and ActiveX....both of which allow > > webpages to run vicious code. It's like giving webpage operators > > their own little operating system on trust to run code on YOUR > > computer. I handle this problem by having one browser (Opera 6 here) > > with everything turned off....no cookies, javascript, activex, > > nothing.....and one browser (IE6) with everything turned on for when I > > just gotta have it and am forced to trust the webpage (like Windows > > Update). Javascript and ActiveX are being used by vicious webpage > > operators to run code on your system to trash it like a virus....but > > sneak past the FUDware firewalls, etc., which allow the browser access > > to the internet. > > > > Another great addition to your browser is WebWasher from > > www.webwasher.com, the great engineers from Siemens in Germany. > > Webwasher is a proxy server all html runs through. It sits between > > the browsers and the net, filtering out spam, popup windows, cookies, > > web bugs, URL code with embedded data collected from your computer, > > etc.....before it can get out on the net. Code calls for a spam from > > doubleclick. WW intercepts the call and REPLIES with a byte, making > > the code think it got to talk to the server, thwarting their efforts > > to spam you but not waiting for the browser call to time out. Dialup > > customers, like yourself, will REALLY appreciate the increase in > > speed, not having to load those moving GIF monster movies on every > > commercial webpage and those popup movies from the spammers. WW is > > free for home use. Works great! > > > > Look for W4CSC back to yesterday to get direct access on > > www.tucows.com to get the shareware/freeware above..... > > > > > > On Sun, 19 May 2002 23:35:32 -0700, "Chris Hecker" > > <chrish@solarwinds.com> wrote: > > > > >Hello everyone, > > > > > >I have a dial-up internet access. Could you tell me if a firewall is > > >necessary? Thanks in advance for any info. > > > > > >Chris > > > > > >Christopher's Place - http://www.solarwinds.com/users/chrish > > > > > > > > > > > > Larry > >--- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.362 / Virus Database: 199 - Release Date: 07/05/2002
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