Guest W. Watson Posted August 25, 2007 Posted August 25, 2007 I went into a store to buy firewall for a P3 PC with a modem that I'm working on for a neighbor. I knew several people were pretty savvy with PCs, so asked them for a suggestion. The first one was why bother? Who really is going to try to invade a PC that is connected by a firewall? They may have a good point. Comments? -- Wayne Watson (Nevada City, CA) Web Page: <speckledwithStars.net>
Guest Phisherman Posted August 25, 2007 Posted August 25, 2007 Re: Firewalls and Modems--No Need? On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 16:03:48 GMT, "W. Watson" <wolf_tracks@invalid.com> wrote: >I went into a store to buy firewall for a P3 PC with a modem that I'm >working on for a neighbor. I knew several people were pretty savvy with PCs, >so asked them for a suggestion. The first one was why bother? Who really is >going to try to invade a PC that is connected by a firewall? They may have a >good point. Comments? A firewall is a very good idea with either dialup or broadband. To compare go to http://www.grc.com and run Shields Up! with and without your firewall to see the difference. You don't need to buy one, there are a few freeware firewalls that do the job well.
Guest DL Posted August 25, 2007 Posted August 25, 2007 Re: Firewalls and Modems--No Need? You say you were going to buy a firewall, software or hardware? Then say 'that is connected by a firewall' that all makes little sense. But then perhaps you mean a pc that is connected to a NAT enabled reuter, which is not quite the same as a firewall. Its not quite so much down to being invaded, but the user who installs a trojan, which can then reach out. In any case a software firewall solution can be freely downloaded. ZoneAlarm being one such. "W. Watson" <wolf_tracks@invalid.com> wrote in message news:EpYzi.47619$Um6.14174@newssvr12.news.prodigy.net... >I went into a store to buy firewall for a P3 PC with a modem that I'm >working on for a neighbor. I knew several people were pretty savvy with >PCs, so asked them for a suggestion. The first one was why bother? Who >really is going to try to invade a PC that is connected by a firewall? They >may have a good point. Comments? > > -- > Wayne Watson (Nevada City, CA) > > Web Page: <speckledwithStars.net>
Guest Quaestor Posted August 26, 2007 Posted August 26, 2007 Re: Firewalls and Modems--No Need? W. Watson wrote: > I went into a store to buy firewall for a P3 PC with a modem that I'm > working on for a neighbor. I knew several people were pretty savvy > with PCs, so asked them for a suggestion. The first one was why > bother? Who really is going to try to invade a PC that is connected by > a firewall? They may have a good point. Comments? Unpretected hex is suicide. I don't care if it's running DOS 3.0, you run a hardware firewall or you are taking risks. OK, the risks may be very small, depending on the OS. I ran 98se for years without, did just fine, and only had to have one when I switched to w2k (in which case it is absolutely mandatory). -- Those who try to hide behind Godwin are the real net-nazis. Philosophy: Joking about why we cuss so much. Learn about spam: http://www.seige-perilous.org/spam/spam.html [fourth line intentionally left blank]
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