[OM] Re: Which spyware

[Chuck Norcutt]

I used to run a firewall whan I had dial-up and as best I recall even 5 
years ago or more I used to get an attack averaging about 4 times/hour.

Chuck Norcutt

James King wrote:

> Unless the slip/ppp or other server at the ISP end has a firewall the 
> only difference between broadband and dial up is the speed you can get 
> attacked. The point of a firewall is to stop programs connecting to 
> certain services on your machine and to stop programs anauthorised 
> programs on your machine connecting to other computers. This can 
> regardless of how the internet connection is implemented.
> James
> 
> Geilfuss Charles wrote:
> 
>>Stu,
>>      I'm hardly an expert in such things, but if you are using
>>dial-up I don't think you need a firewall (but it won't hurt); I never
>>had one until I moved up to broadband.
> 
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