Re: i dare every1 to ANSWER this "?" not anything else...

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From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospamcableone.net)
Date: 06/06/04 

Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 22:35:55 -0600

Greetings --

    That is very, very wrong. Having a dynamic IP address offers
absolutely *NO* protection from worms such as Blaster, Welchia, and
Sasser. A firewall is sill essential. Even 3 years ago, back when I
was using a dial-up connection, and getting a different IP each time I
connected, I had to turn off ZoneAlarm's notifications because I was
getting hit by so many random IP scans that the notices became quite
annoying.

Bruce Chambers 

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"Haus" <youknow@Iwillslapyou> wrote in message
news:10c55mid0qnrpbb@corp.supernews.com...
> Your ISP will assign you a temp. IP address from a pool they control
each
> time you sign in.
> Therefore it is not necessary to run a firewall.

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