MS is certainly not open Source friendly! (duhg) Open Source does offer a Dad a way to save a few bucks though.
There is no way to lock it down completely. Knowing my daughter as I do, three extra mouse clicks to set a rule in a firewall would just result in getting the firewall disabled. I think she will be most reliant on three factors Open Source offers MS Windows users: 1) Not mainstream = not a target for script kiddies 2) Using Yahoo Mail and an uptodate virus scanner = fewer email viruses 3) Getting a system hosed does not require Microsoft's approval to reload. I can understand her desire for Microsoft products. She is a mainstream teenager. She buys the things she sees on TV and believes the news she sees there. That is one of the reasons I am sending her to college. She needs to know about Horacio, and the things he never dreamt of. Again, thanks for the help. It is much appreciated! Doug Riddle --- John Hebert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Running a free and open source software based firewall on a Win98 > box > seems to me to be a little difficult to do correctly, as the Win98 > "kernel" is closed. You would have to have a prog running that can > inspect all packets before certain other progs get to them. I don't > > think that's possible with any M$ software. I know there are closed > apps > out there for Windoze, but I suspect they are not as robust as the > firewalls built into the Linux and *BSD kernels. > > Any thoughts? Does M$ Windows have the capability to establish a > firewall ruleset? > > John Hebert > > Nelson Leblanc wrote: > > I'm not sure about the reach of Opera's features, but Phoenix, > http://www.mozilla.org/projects/phoenix/ , has built in popup > killing and advanced cookie filtering as well as being really fast; > so you might consider that to keep your daughter's eyes safe from > rude advertisements. > > As far as open source firewalling for windows goes I don't know > of anything, nor could I find anything on sourceforge/google. > > > > Good luck, > > Nelson LeBlanc > > > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > > From: Doug Riddle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 19:42:58 -0800 (PST) > > > > > >>My daughter is leaving for college, major unknown as of yet. I > am > >>relaoding her PC, a P-200, 128 MB RAM, 6.5 Gig HDD. > >> > >>She wants Windows as the OS. College is hard enough without > fighting > >>the OS, so who cares. I have ten or fifteen legal copies of > Win98 > >>and Win95 around. I am more interested in the software than the > OS. > >> > >>I loaded the AVG virus scanner and updated it. > >>I installed winzip, Acrobat, Gimp, Open Office, and Opera. > >> > >>What am I missing? > >> > >>If your kid was leaving for college, what Open Source app would > you > >>NOT want to forget. I have until about 11:00 AM Monday, > 01/20/2003 > >>to do the installs. I am on broadband, so download time is > trivial. > >> > >>I appreciate any suggestions. Especially about Open Source > firewalls > >>for Windows. She will be one a campus dial-up, so I doubt it > will be > >>a big deal, but if anyone knows of one... > >> > >> > >> > >>===== > >>Warmest Regards, > >> > >>Doug Riddle > >>http://www.dougriddle.com > >>http://fossile-project.sourceforge.net/ > >>http://www.libranet.com > >>-- "Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; > they are the Peoples' Liberty Teeth." - George Washington -- > >> > >> > >>__________________________________________________ > >>Do you Yahoo!? > >>Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > >>http://mailplus.yahoo.com > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>General mailing list > >>[email protected] > >>http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > -- > John Hebert: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > System Engineer: I T Group, Inc. http://www.it-group.com > 225.922.4535 > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
