Re: My Solution to Securing Windows 98, ME Against Network Modification and Spying, using Linux.

From: n1pop (n1pop_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 05/26/03 

Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 16:01:11 -0700

Just my two duckets ...

On 25 May 2003 10:25:00 -0700, grunes@yahoo.com (grunes) wrote:

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>My Solution to Securing Windows 98, ME Against Network
>Modification and Spying, using Linux.

Securing a system from most attacks takes only a little effort and
some knowledge. You need to know how attacks could be made and what
you can do to stop them. For example, no hacker in the world can get
to a computer that doesn't seem to exist on the net, and a decent
firewall can do that.

You need to develop safe surfing habits; don't open attachments from
people you don't know, don't fall for scams like the MS security
update email (MS never sends unsolicited email containing a fix),
don't accept default program configurations.

A little paranoia will help you play devil's advocate in ensuring your
system is safe, but don't let paranoia dictate how. Knowledge will
always make a better and more efficiently secured system than
paranoia.

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