On Monday 14 June 2004 08:45 am, David Masover wrote: > Madeline Brubaker wrote: > | Would someone step me through setting up Norton Internet Security > | Professional properly? I'm not entirely sure how to > > Do yourself a favor, and don't run that software. > > Yes, I'm a Linux nut. My attitude towards Windows boxes is: almost all > Windows boxes are so horribly insecure that I don't trust anything to > them, including my full name.
I've been a Debian "zealot" for about 6 years, and before that a Slackware 3.0 user, so I respect the position that Linux is great. However, I must also use Windows; I am a musician who uses Cakewalk Sonar on XP; nothing like it exists for Linux, regardless of what some people say about the various sound projects still in their relative infancy. I use Norton AntiVirus on Windows (not *their* firewall) and the XP firewall to simply block everything. While working in Sonar I usually just disconnect the network connection from within XP. I had an external firewall only that sat between the cable modem and the house LAN, but there was a problem; someone else on the LAN got a worm (they aren't as savvy) and I was running Windows without a firewall, and with file sharing turned on. I lost a lot of time ;) My point is; sometimes people run Windows. If anyone could explain how they got their Norton Firewall running it would probably be helpful. > Most secure solution: install FreeBSD (or some other BSD). Second most > secure soltuion: install Linux, preferrably Gentoo or Debian. FreeBSD above Debian Stable? :) > Practical solution: find a very old computer to use as a Linux > firewall/router. Only firewall connections to your Windows boxes -- and > this isn't even needed if you do NAT. Set this up as your Freenet > machine, and you don't have to worry about firewalls -- just allow > connections to fproxy from internal network. Run Firefox as a browser > for Freenet. This is great, but above some people's technical skills. Freenet is easy enough for a novice to install, and we have many of them as our userbase to an extent. -- Jay Oliveri GnuPG ID: 0x5AA5DD54 FCPTools Maintainer www.sf.net/users/joliveri _______________________________________________ Support mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support Unsubscribe at http://dodo.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support Or mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
