Hello Vishal, On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 04:34:56 -0400 GMT (13/09/2003, 15:34 +0700 GMT), Vishal wrote:
> 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. I agree with this. The IP address is crucial for entering a computer. A dial-up user, who isn't online very long and gets dynamic IP adresses, is therefore less interesting. I now think this was Carsten's point when he mentioned dial-up. I thought he meant the way of connection. 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. Assuming they click on a mail attachment, this is independent of dial-up or LAN connection. I agree with this too. But it's another story. -- Cheers, Thomas. Moderator der deutschen The Bat! Beginner Liste. Compaq is considering changing the command "Press Any Key" to "Press Return Key" because of the flood of calls asking where the "Any" key is. Message reply created with The Bat! 2.00.6 under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 A using a Pentium P4 1.7 GHz, 128MB RAM ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.00 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
