On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 07:45:46AM -0500, David Masover wrote: > -----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 boxes is: almost all > Windows boxes are so horribly insecure that I don't trust anything to > them, including my full name. > > Most secure solution: install FreeBSD (or some other BSD). Second most > secure soltuion: install Linux, preferrably Gentoo or Debian. > > Practical solution: find a very old computer to use as a Linux > firewall/router. Only firewall connections to your Windows boxes -- and > this isn't even needed if you do NAT. Set this up as your Freenet > machine, and you don't have to worry about firewalls -- just allow > connections to fproxy from internal network. Run Firefox as a browser > for Freenet.
If it's a "very old computer" it may not be able to run Freenet adequately. > > I know most people aren't concerned enough about security to care that > someone might get at their files. Most people who are, and most people > who use Linux even, are not concerned enough about security to run > Freenet. If you care enough to run Freenet, you should care enough to > run more secure software elsewhere. If you run Internet Explorer, for > instance, all that security goes out the window. Heh. Well, not everyone who runs Freenet is as paranoid as some of our users are. :) -- Matthew J Toseland - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so.
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