On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 05:46:24PM -0500, David Masover wrote: > | I had an external firewall only that sat between the cable modem and the > | house LAN, but there was a problem; someone else on the LAN got a worm > | (they aren't as savvy) and I was running Windows without a firewall, and > | with file sharing turned on. I lost a lot of time ;) > > Exactly why I don't run windows ;)
This sort of sh*t would happen on Linux if more idiots ran Linux... > > | My point is; sometimes people run Windows. If anyone could explain > how they > | got their Norton Firewall running it would probably be helpful. > > Alright, point taken. I still would say: tell them first that they > need to be more secure than Norton Firewall, and give them the resources > (how-to's) to do it. Then tell them how to fix Norton Firewall, if they > still want to do it that way. Agreed. > | > | > |>Most secure solution: install FreeBSD (or some other BSD). Second most > |>secure soltuion: install Linux, preferrably Gentoo or Debian. > | > | > | FreeBSD above Debian Stable? :) > > Yes :P > I HATE Debian Stable. Debian Testing is tolerable. Gentoo is God. > (bicker, bicker, bicker) LOL. <Snip distribution advocacy> > > | This is great, but above some people's technical skills. Freenet is easy > | enough for a novice to install, and we have many of them as our > userbase to > | an extent. > > And firefox isn't? Last I checked, freenet is a hell of a lot harder to > install than firefox or thunderbird. > > Also, novices can usually follow step-by-step directions, and novices > who want to use Freenet should probably be given a notice as to where to > find such directions for how to secure themselves -- at least moderately. -- Matthew J Toseland - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so.
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