Re: [freenet-support] norton firewall

2004-06-14 Thread David Masover
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Madeline Brubaker wrote: | Would someone step me through setting up Norton Internet Security | Professional properly? I'm not entirely sure how to Do yourself a favor, and don't run that software. Yes, I'm a Linux nut. My attitude towards Windows boxe

Re: [freenet-support] norton firewall

2004-06-14 Thread Michael R. Stork
David Masover wrote: Madeline Brubaker wrote: | Would someone step me through setting up Norton Internet Security | Professional properly? I'm not entirely sure how to Do yourself a favor, and don't run that software. Yes, I'm a Linux nut. My attitude towards Windows boxes is: almost all Windows

Re: [freenet-support] norton firewall

2004-06-14 Thread freenetproject
> I'm not a Linux nut, but I agree with this in principal. Just using a > software firewall is totally insecure. Your best bet, if you don't want > to bother setting up a Linux box to act as your go between, [...] What, a linux/unix box is *not* a software firewall? :) -- 5:45PM up 132 days,

Re: [freenet-support] norton firewall

2004-06-14 Thread Jay Oliveri
On Monday 14 June 2004 08:45 am, David Masover wrote: > Madeline Brubaker wrote: > | Would someone step me through setting up Norton Internet Security > | Professional properly? I'm not entirely sure how to > > Do yourself a favor, and don't run that software. > > Yes, I'm a Linux nut. My attitude

Re: [freenet-support] norton firewall

2004-06-14 Thread Michael R. Stork
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not a Linux nut, but I agree with this in principal. Just using a software firewall is totally insecure. Your best bet, if you don't want to bother setting up a Linux box to act as your go between, [...] What, a linux/unix box is *not* a software firewall? :) LOL

Re: [freenet-support] norton firewall

2004-06-14 Thread Nicholas Sturm
Dear > Madeline Brubaker: Please excuse the nuts around here that seem to be as much of a problem as Apple lovers once were. I don't particularly like some of Window's creations, but even though Linus "releases" are getting slowly more usable for ordinary people, they still do not have enough clo

Re: [freenet-support] norton firewall

2004-06-14 Thread David Masover
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael R. Stork wrote: [...] | a hardware firewall and NAT. I wouldn't connect any PC direct to a | cable/DSL line. I would. A linux one. Or better, a BSD one. With daily updates. The firewall really wouldn't help all that much for me, although I

Re: [freenet-support] norton firewall

2004-06-14 Thread David Masover
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: |>I'm not a Linux nut, but I agree with this in principal. Just using a |>software firewall is totally insecure. Your best bet, if you don't want |>to bother setting up a Linux box to act as your go between, [...] | | | What, a

Re: [freenet-support] norton firewall

2004-06-14 Thread David Masover
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jay Oliveri wrote: | On Monday 14 June 2004 08:45 am, David Masover wrote: | |>Madeline Brubaker wrote: |>| Would someone step me through setting up Norton Internet Security |>| Professional properly? I'm not entirely sure how to |> |>Do yourself a fav

Re: [freenet-support] norton firewall

2004-06-14 Thread David Masover
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Nicholas Sturm wrote: | Dear | |>Madeline Brubaker: | | | Please excuse the nuts around here that seem to be as much of a | problem as Apple lovers once were. Ooh! Ooh! I smell a rant! Please excuse my response to being called a nut. | I don't partic

Re: [freenet-support] norton firewall

2004-06-14 Thread Michael R. Stork
David Masover wrote: Michael R. Stork wrote: [...] | a hardware firewall and NAT. I wouldn't connect any PC direct to a | cable/DSL line. I would. A linux one. Or better, a BSD one. With daily updates. The firewall really wouldn't help all that much for me, although I do use NAT as an effective

Linux vs Windows was (Re: [freenet-support] norton firewall)

2004-06-14 Thread Michael R. Stork
David Masover wrote: | What, a linux/unix box is *not* a software firewall? :) Point taken. But Linux kernel vs Norton userspace? About the third time I've said so on this list, but I just turn off the _services_ that I don't use, and people get denied anyway, with no special firewall. What's the

RE: [freenet-support] Norton Firewall

2004-06-14 Thread Nicholas Sturm
Now that we have let off the steam, did anyone ever really try to answer this nice person's questions to her satisfaction?   Sorry about stirring up the hornet's nest, but I do get tired of some insisting everyone should throw away all their hard- and soft ware and get with the ONLY worthy system