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From: Eeyore on 19 Nov 2006 08:32 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> >> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >> >> ><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message > >> >> >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> >> > >> >> >>>> I don't want an internal modem. I want one with lights that flash > >> >> >>>> for every I/O. > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>>They don't help that much you know. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> What? Lights? Yes they help a lot. > >> >> > > >> >> >You're fooling yourself. Viruses can still get through, > >> >> > >> >> I can see when one is coming in. > >> > > >> >No you can't. A virus infected file is indistinguishable from one that > >> >isn't infected to a modem. It's just a file. > >> > >> But I don't download files, period. I hit the off switch whenver > >> there is unasked-for activity. > > > >Which you wouldn't even have to do if you used something up to date ! > > Exactly. Then I would vulnerable to any viral, worm or mess > attack that has a new quirk to it. > > Why should I open it wide just to get infected? Avoiding viruses and worms and the like is trivially simple and free. AVG anti-virus does the job nicely at no cost. Graham
From: Phineas T Puddleduck on 19 Nov 2006 08:37 In article <45605CFE.23479EC5(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > Avoiding viruses and worms and the like is trivially simple and free. AVG > anti-virus does the job nicely at no cost. > > Graham Or use Linux/OSX (or even RiscOS/AmigaOS/Beos etc etc) in conjunction with a relevant AV package and reduce your risk even further. -- Thermodynamics claims another crown! http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/heacon.html -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
From: jmfbahciv on 19 Nov 2006 09:12 In article <456057F9.BBA34F55(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> > >> >> Now >> >> a good TTY operator can "remember" what wasn't done and catch >> >> up after the mess is dealt with. >> > >> >You really ought to get away from the idea of TTYs you know. >> > >> >Terminals have moved on somewhat. >> >> Just because today's computer tech now use complete systems >> for data entry and access to another computer system does >> not change the TTY functionality. > >They do a lot more than a teletype ever did though. When I say TTY, I'm talking about how the gear is used, not it's capability nor capacity. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 19 Nov 2006 09:15 In article <45605CFE.23479EC5(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >> >> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> >> >> ><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >> >> >> >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >>>> I don't want an internal modem. I want one with lights that flash >> >> >> >>>> for every I/O. >> >> >> >>> >> >> >> >>>They don't help that much you know. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> What? Lights? Yes they help a lot. >> >> >> > >> >> >> >You're fooling yourself. Viruses can still get through, >> >> >> >> >> >> I can see when one is coming in. >> >> > >> >> >No you can't. A virus infected file is indistinguishable from one that >> >> >isn't infected to a modem. It's just a file. >> >> >> >> But I don't download files, period. I hit the off switch whenver >> >> there is unasked-for activity. >> > >> >Which you wouldn't even have to do if you used something up to date ! >> >> Exactly. Then I would vulnerable to any viral, worm or mess >> attack that has a new quirk to it. >> >> Why should I open it wide just to get infected? > >Avoiding viruses and worms and the like is trivially simple and free. AVG >anti-virus does the job nicely at no cost. Anti-viral is always in catch-up mode. It is impossible for this code to protect from new kinds of attacks. The only reliable way to protect from infection is never let it near the gear. /BAH
From: Phineas T Puddleduck on 19 Nov 2006 09:31
In article <ejpou2$8qk_023(a)s1014.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > Anti-viral is always in catch-up mode. It is impossible for > this code to protect from new kinds of attacks. The only > reliable way to protect from infection is never let it near > the gear. Which means never connecting your machine to another. The only true secure computer is one that has been disassembled, locked in a box and dumped in the Marianas Trench. Security is a relative, not an absolute concept... -- Thermodynamics claims another crown! http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/heacon.html -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |