Re: Do i need a FW?
From: Wolfgang Kueter (wolfgang_at_shconnect.de)
Date: 12/07/03
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Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2003 22:23:15 +0100
Cedric Blancher wrote:
> Dans sa prose, Bob/Shelia nous ecrivait :
>> IE6 under WIN98 SE, stand alone home PC for the usual EMAIL, OnLine
>> banking and occasional online investment. My ISP has anti virus program
>> that appears to do a good job but still i wonder if I need a firewall?
>
> I would say yes, just because they can block incoming connections.
I'd simply say 'look at the output of netstat -an instead'. Do you see win98
listerning on rpc ports?
> Your ISP antivirus won't protect you from worms like Blaster, but a
> personal firewall will.
win98 is not vulnerable by Blaster, since it doens't run the RPC service
like win2000 or XP does. So may I kindly ask you to learn something about
the OS you are commenting on *before* you post such crap?!
To the OP: Don't run any sevices and you don't need any suspect firewall
placebo from any third party vendor.
Wolfgang
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