Re: @Home cable service

From: Fearless (someone@somewhere.com)
Date: 09/20/02 

From: "Fearless" <someone@somewhere.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 16:31:12 -0700

"Nathaniel Hekman" <hekmanATgeo-slopeDOTcom@no.spam> wrote in message
news:ILoi9.2781$i%.718583@localhost...
> I'd suggest a hardware solution, like a LinkSys router.
>
> http://www.linksys.com/products/group.asp?grid=23
>
> The advantages of hardware, in my opinion:
> - no software to install, it's really plug-and-play for any simple
home
> system;
> - it also gives you a home network, so you can share files & printers
> between computers at home, and share your Internet connection;
> - if you ever get more than one computer at home it protects all of
> them, rather than having to buy licenses and install software on every
> computer.

What a hardware firewall doesn't protect against is the stuff that you allow
through your firewall. Some of this stuff, like email, comes with
attachments that are worms or trojans that send information FROM your
computer to another address on the internet without your consent.

I recommend a hardware firewall, software firewall, antivirus software
updated frequently, and spyware software. I have a working solution for
each. You'll have to figure out your comfort level with getting this stuff
setup.

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