Re: Why is my Telnet port 23 open?

Me_at_home.here
Date: 03/05/04 

Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 16:33:23 GMT

On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 14:49:01 -0000, "Martin C" <MartinC@invalid.com>
wrote:

>> 1) Win98SE is very old. It's not even close to the necessary level of
>> stability and security in demand today. I strongly recommend upgrading to
>> Win2k Pro or WinXP Pro.

>
>NeoSadist, I am aware that Win98SE is old, but unfortunately so is my PC
>(AMD 350MHz), but it does most of the things that I need. ...

   Suddenly I had the image of taking my car to the garage to fix a
tire, and having the mechanic tell me that I should replace it because
it does not have air conditioning. <g>

  Sorry NeoS, but I couldn't resist.

   Geo
Still using Win 3.1

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