Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] "Attachments killer"

{I just swore off on this subject}BUT
I had a local guy tell me the best way was a firewall/router
built on an 486 based machine utilizing linux.
I guess the concept is this box/linux combination protects your
PC with windows from incoming.junk and prevents unauthorised packets
going out
Carl

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Marcus & Eva" <implmex@a...> wrote:
> Hi Mike and others:
> So is there a way we can write our own firewall programs without
the
> holes that the commercial vendors seemingly deliberately put in??
> If I knew how to do it, I would!!
> I'm sure it would be a helluva task, but I really resent the
connivance of
> government and industry to violate our privacy while pretending not
to, or
> worse, misleading us into buying flawed goods with nonexistent
protection.
> Just got "wormed" myself. Lots got trashed; I ended up doing a
reinstall of
> windoze. Thank God all the good stuff is backed up. Email address
book is
> history though!
> Cheers
>
> Marcus
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Partain" <srs@m...>
> To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y...>
> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 8:06 AM
> Subject: OT: RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] "Attachments killer"
>
>
> > "I get immediate messages when some one tries to attack my
computer."
> >
> > Unfortunately you don't. You only get messages for known attacks.
One of
> > the favorite ways of attacking these days are through bugs/holes
in
> > firewalls. It may upset some of you to know the government can and
has
> > directed such holes in the past, and they often get exploited by
> > non-government hackers. Seen the recent exchange between McAfee
and the
> > FBI over Magic Lantern? Imagine how much goes on you don't know
about.
> > Although I'm not recommending that you do not run firewall
software, I
> > am warning that it is much less protection than you may think.
> > You need to keep your OS software updated constantly, which also
has
> > problems - recently many Linux users lost their hardrives to a new
> > kernel bug. There are no perfect solutions) - backup, be prudent.
> >
> > Mike
> >