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<b>Message ID:</b> 21739 <br/>
<b>Date:</b> Fri Oct  6 18:16:24 BST 2000 <br/>
<b>Author:</b> John Tatsukawa <br/>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [eqbards] OT: Recommendation for a home firewall <br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-264876439">At 11:52 AM 10/6/00 -0500, Daniel Sniderman wrote:<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt;So I would IMMEDIATELY get a firewall program.  By the way - if you&#39;re<br/>
&gt;really paranoid - never publicly post what firewall you are using.  There<br/>
&gt;are potential holes in any firewall - and if someone knows what product you<br/>
&gt;are using they can exploit that knowledge...<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt;Slyde<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>Excellent point Slyde. I noticed that even this mail list isn&#39;t very secure <br/>
in that it does not mask your IP address that you sent your email from. If <br/>
you send email from the same computer you play Everquest on, and use a <br/>
client like Microsoft Outlook (or Eudora), then it&#39;s quite likely you are <br/>
broadcasting your IP address (kinda like I am, but this isn&#39;t my home <br/>
computer).<br/>
<br/>
Once someone has your IP address, they can try all sorts of attacks and try <br/>
to sniff out your password, unless you have a firewall. Are we paranoid yet?</div>