Patrick Ford wrote the following about [netconnect] Re: Genesis - protection:
>
> On 25-Sep-00, Andrew Tait wrote:
> > There is little point in having a firewall on the same computer as you
> > are trying to protect.
>
> Lots of windoze users talk to me about their firewalls. Have they just
> got some MS smoke and mirrors illusion? Maybe something like a port
> watcher that MS sells as a firewall
It's not MS. There are plenty of freeware firewalls around for
Windows. MS wouldn't sell a products which highlighted their OS as
insecure! They tend to fix security loopholes as they appear. If you
check ANY internet security website, by which I mean those that
remotely test and advise rather than sell, they will say the same
thing. The firewall MUST be off the computer(s) you are trying to
protect.
> > My firewall at home is a Windows NT
> > machine running commercial firewall software. Pain in the bum
> > sometimes, but the security and speed are worth it.
>
> I know a lot of people with a '486 sans monitor or kb serving that
> purpose, and also as a gateway to allow multiple users in the
> household to connect to internet at the same time. It's a pity that
> the price of Amiga internet cards makes that a not so cheap option.
My server/gateway is a Pentium133, with no monitor, and a dusty
keyboard. The joys of VVA ;) A1200 network cards can be bought as
cheaply as �40 for 10Mbit or �55 for 10/100Mbit from mainstream
suppliers, and probably quite a bit cheaper than this from a small PC
shop. My whole setup: 2 PC network cards, 1 Amiga network card,
4-way hub, cabling and software cost about �150. Just being able to
move data around the network at 400K/s, VVA/VNC to control, reboot
without dropping the modem and share the internet connection between
the Amiga, PCs, ShapeShifter, Linux etc. without reconfiguring is
worth every penny and more.
Totty <8^)
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Totty has an Amiga A1200, with 68060/50 and 603e/200 PPC.
32Mb RAM. 8x ATAPI CD. 1.7Gb HD. ShapeShifter V3.10 + OS 7.5.5
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