If you have an 'always on' connection (cable modem, DSL, etc..) then getting
a personal firewall is a must, imo. I was shocked by the number of probes
my machine gets in a single night over my cable modem.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gordon Hughes [mailto:ghughes@...]
> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 8:43 AM
> To: eqbards@egroups.com
> Subject: RE: [eqbards] OT: Recommendation for a home firewall
>
>
> As I am running on a DSL connection, would I gain any benefit
> from using a
> firewall such as Black Ice?
>
> My pc isn't networked (yet) and I'm wondering if I need that sort of
> security.
>
> Kyrisha
>
> >
> I use Black Ice defender. The nice thing about this product
> is that it
> stealths your ports making your systems nearly invisible on
> the net. The
> interface also hot links back to thier website if you want to
> read up on the
> kind of attacks/probes it is blocking.
>
> Rokenn
> >
>
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