-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wes Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 3:40 PM Subject: [EWAR] Is your computer being used remotely by hackers? Is your computer being used by hackers remotely to implement the current distributed denial-of-service attack that has paralyzed several large Web sites? Would you know if it were? (Probably not.) Go to grc.com <http://www.grc.com/> and run the Shields Up test to find out how open your computer is to the world. You may be amazed (I was). To be safe from having your privacy violated or your computer being used in such attacks (and thus vulnerable to an FBI investigation), you should install a personal firewall on your computer. Some free products are listed on grc.com. I recommend Norton Internet Security 2000 (not free), which includes Norton Antivirus. Janet Reno advised the public on CNN in a press conference to down- load protection software from the FBI site www.fbi.gov/nipc/trinoo.htm <http://www.fbi.gov/nipc/trinoo.htm> (Reno apparently isn't aware the software is for computer network owners and organizations, not individual users). Reno also revealed that "just this week" the FBI made "a $37 million request to address cyberattacks." What a coincidence. Of course, I'm not suggesting that FBI-sponsored hackers were involved in raising the paranoia level to achieve funding (the standard procedure to achieve such funding), or that the free software offered on the FBI's site has an NSA back door that allows the feds to sniff packets sent by your ISP. :) Interesting that CNN just ran two hours on this subject, including a one-hour Talkback Live, and never once informed the audience how they can defend themselves. Post to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List info: www.topica.com/lists/ewar _______________________________________________________ Follow the U.S. presidential race on our Politics list! http://www.topica.com/lists/politics <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
