Hi Clive Saturday, September 13, 2003, 3:12:55 AM, you wrote:
CT> Hi Vishal, >> You don't stay online very long: This is the primary reason >> DSL/Cable users are at risk. If you're online for a long time you >> become a much more attractive target. CT> You couldn't be more wrong, Vishal. Not at all. My point above was that the elevated risk to broadband users, as compared to dialup, comes from the increased time and static IP address that make them more attractive targets. That was the original debate, and the reason why a firewall makes more sense in this case. CT> I provide support and training for home-based PC users, 95% of whom are CT> on dial-up around here. Though not as a business, I have done the same, unofficially, for many people. Also overwhelmingly dialup. CT> I can tell you that it doesn't make a jot of difference how they CT> connect - the vulnerable ones who contract viruses and worms are those CT> who don't or won't install or update their AV progs or Windows. You didn't read the rest of my post, I presume :) Your experience completely supports what I said in my subsequent points. The four factors I mentioned were all meant to be taken together, not on their own, as a way of decreasing the odds that you would be compromised. Though of course if I were to rank them, people not updating their systems would rank the highest. Cheers, -Vishal ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.00 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
