Re: Do I Need a Firewall?

From: Leythos (void_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 07/10/03


Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 02:32:32 GMT

In article <3f0ca4d6.37913215@news.usenetserver.com>, nospam@home.com
says...
> Are you a dialup customer? If so, you don't need it because you're
> not online with the same IP constantly. Chances of being attacked on
> dialup are small.....

This is complete BS. I see dial-up users hacked EVERY WEEK. More and
more the modem pools are being retargeted.

[snip] I agree with almost all of the rest that I snipped. Good ideas.

Mark

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