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1. Broadband Internet Access is considered the "world of the ivory tower"?
No, I did not say that.............you merely imply it, but I would point out that only the other day you complained about people not reading others' posts............"ipse dixit"?
What I DID say, though was that there is a fair proportion of the World who just do not have access to broadband in any shape or form................my country (the UNited Kingdom) for example, only has around 60% physical coverage..............and that is for those who can afford it! There are many families, even in the OECD countries, who can afford a second hand computer and allow their children on the internet, only through their home telephone lines.
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2. If they can't manage to configure a hardware firewall, they won't be able to correctly configure a software firewall either.
Absolute garbage old chap.............They install out of the bag............just set it to maximum, and away you go.................not as good as a professionally configured firewall, but one hell of a lot better than your suggestion of the other day that none was required.............you were pulled up on that......."Blaster"????????????? you would be infected in less than 20 minutes? Anyways, if they bring it to someone who has an idea, they can have it set up very easily.........no hardware, no wires......
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3. If you can't afford to purchase the NECESSARY equipment/software (which is really relatively inexpensive compared to other technologies home users purchase and use on a regular basis) to keep your data safe when you're on the internet, you should either:
Neccessary in whose opinion might I ask?...............also, much of the World is NOT the United States of America............so "relatively inexpensive" is about the most redundant phrase I have heard in a long time................relative to what?
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A. Not be on the internet at home until you can save up for such equipment/software
Who (of any conceivable importance) says.................don't you think that people in less well off families and countries don't have ambitions for their children............do you have any young relations?...........what do you want for them?
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As I said in my previous posts, obviously hardware firewalls really aren't a viable choice for dial-up users. But at the same time, dial-up really isn't a viable choice to provide connectivity to a home network either.
I agree with the first part of that statement, as I said..................but "home network"................what planet are you living on eh?
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If you're on Dial-up, you should also be on an OS that is properly hardened, and that doesn't stay dialed-in when you're not actively using it
The first part is correct, the second part shows that you live in America and are grossly ignorant of the rest of the World..............has it possibly occurred to you that in other DEMOCRATIC COUNTRIES, local calls are not free...... you might have to pay betweeen 1 and 25 cents (per minute) for that connection?............obviously not?
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Most OSs these days have built in firewalling features that can be configured, which makes the need for a 3rd party software firewalling product unnecessary.
........and I wonder why Bill Gates has extended support for Win98/SE/ME/NT?................and HE should know.
I consider this to be an International forum, and I am not hearing any Internationalism from you old chap.
Please think about my comments..............
