-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > Norton's Internet Security, and getting it set up to provide as much > protection as possible (along with the appropriate XP security settings) I > come over to find it disabled because their kids couldn't download Kazza... > If I was not the one that would have to rebuild it for them (we are friends > after all) I would just leave the door open so that they would get what they > deserve, lesson learned...
I personally have a real low opinion of 'personal firewalls' anyways, not only because of the fact it requires such knowledge of the end user, i really think such things should be dealt with at a router level before they ever reach the end users computer, security is layers- and i think its inferior security to discard that layer. I was quite upset when i was setting up a linksys router for my girlfriend a while back and when i clicked on the ip filter/whatever its called table, it was actually a link for me to go download (and buy) a 3rd party personal firewall. At any rate, dont take my comments about the neighbor who fixes the computer as totally derogatory, i realize there are plenty of people who know what they are doing who help their friends/neighbors/whatever, it just frustrates me that people will listen to *anyone* about computers if they use enough buzz words. j -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (OpenBSD) iD8DBQFAaZWZsKAeTAhLiCERAuTbAJ9rI+qukmb7lafJDyobyjof/qKadwCfRmrD gPcCC2bUjcY/m9b6wCFk21k= =5rvd -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
