Re: Do I need a firewall?

Sarah

There are still a considerable amount of computer users in North America
relying on Dixie cups and string as their primary internet connection..
until last week, my village was still wholly reliant on dialup.. I have
lived in other places where ADSL/DSL was present, and I have had a tough
time getting used to the old way for the past three years.. Bell Sympatico
were inserting fliers for high speed in our mail boxes for the longest time
which served only to upset.. I had sent a few e-mails to them and the local
cable TV company, all of them 'heated', and until recently have had little
response other than to say it is not company policy to install high speed
unless there are more than 5000 people living in the area.. 96% of all
Canadian places have 1500 or less people living in them.. lol.. the
prospects for some are still not good..

In order of installation over the years, Black ICE, Zonealarm, Neowatch, and
McAfee have always worked well for me, and all of the people I have
supported over the years.. those of us that still require dialup have little
choice but to use a software firewall.. in the last three years, I have had
no problems with trojans, virus infection or any other incoming nasties, so
something must be working well enough..

I DON'T LIKE NORTON.. but some of the people I get to see have paid nearly
CDN$100 for the... the.. and they don't want to waste their money so insist
that it is used.. and while we are on the subject of what some stuff
costs.....

..... Now, lets see.. your DSL router cost UK£200.00 which equates to
CDN$430.00 approx not including taxes.. lol.. you would have a tough time
selling a DSL modem costing that much to a Canadian redneck, trust me..
lololololol.. getting some of them to part with $30 dollars is hard enough,
and $30 DSL modems don't send s%$t to anybody..

Re. network admin, I did make the point that companies do NOT use software
firewalls.. I also remembered you stating that you were a network
administrator at some point in time, and we must not annoy the net admin or
they will reduce our resources.. and to think that I always felt sorry for
net admins.. pax pax pax.. :-)

The SP2 part was not for you.. it was for the benefit of the OP, 'ere the OP
should still be lurking in the shadows.. I did state that at the begining of
the section, and will make allowances for you on the basis that you were
probably tired due to staying up late.. :-)

OT: I haven't seen you around much lately.. at first, I thought that you
might be vacationing somewhere nice for the Easter break, and then it
crossed my mind that you may be unwell.. hoping that it was the former, and
that all is well with you and yours..

--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/user

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