Re: Is complete home security possible?

From: Arthur Hagen (art_at_broomstick.com)
Date: 02/06/05 

Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 14:47:38 -0500

Robin T Cox <nomail@nomail.com> wrote:
>
> If you want to be sure of Windows, don't connect it to the Web.
>
> If you want to connect to the Web, use another OS.

You don't connect anything to the Web except middleware and reverse proxies.
If you mean Internet, say so.
The World Wide Web is a completely different thing from Internet, and
normally only Windows users confuse the two. 

-- 
*Art

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