We've finally had high speed Internet made available to our neighborhood, courtesy of Comcast Cable. For the moment we're keeping our AOL service, although we'll downgrade to the $14.95/mo. "bring your own connection" since we like "AOL Anywhere" when we travel (and don't like Hotmail).
Within hours of connecting, our firewall began detecting, blocking and reporting hourly hits by hackers. The addresses were from all over the world. One hacker was even able to delete/turn off our firewall although apparently nothing else was achieved. We re-installed it and haven't had that problem since. We have a "D-Link DI-604" Router. When I bought it specifically for the firewall protection (at Best Buy) I noticed that none of the brands available gave any technical descriptions for their firewalls. Are all firewalls equal? A few people told us that software installed firewalls weren't effective, hence the hardware install. I'm wondering if this hacking is common to all who enjoy high-speed Internet? Meteoritically speaking........for those (Rosie) looking to purchase a "photo of the Nakhla/"Dakhla(?)" Dog"..... I've got a canal on Mars to sell ya. Kevin Kichinka Fort Myers, Florida ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
