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Exactly...if people didn't click on random executables and open every attachment that comes along regardless of the source, these problems wouldn't exist. Sure, there's malicious code out there...

Well, I'm afraid I have to disagree for the most part with everyone here except for Terr. Now, I should explain that the standards are a little different for me, and I may be biased. For starters,...

Yeah, that's what I was trying to say...just couldn't spit out the right words... :D

You may be genuinely just trying to reccomend something that you really think is a decent product, but you come across like an infomercial announcer. It just sounds too much like marketing lingo and...

The easiest way to do this is to put an actual hardware firewall between yourself and the outside world. For example, I have a cable modem connection that runs through a little Linksys router. As a...

Isn't this kind of like saying I shouldn't bother locking my car because people can still see what's inside and just break the window to get at it?

I firmly believe that a false sense of...

Hmm...will it scratch all my CD's and leave my toilet running all night, too? I've got to say I'm also a little suspicious...mostly due to the bad grammar and "hacker speak". It also sounds like a...

I drink about once a month at the most, but I do have a couple of favorites. Either a plain old amoretto sour, or if you're talking beer, Moose Drool. Unfortunately, it's a microbrew that's only...

Ok, first siouxchief: Nintendo 64 dual boot...ROFLMAO!! That's truly great.

1) 600 Mhz PIII Gateway laptop: Win98/Win2k/Mandrake 8.0

2) 600 Mhz Duron homebuilt tower: Win98/Mandrake 8.0

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Well, let's see: college student, I/T guy, interested in security stuff. Guess that about covers it. Oh yeah, and I think Linux is pretty cool, too. :duh:

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Got one of the Linksys 1 port routers and threw a 5 port hub onto it. I think it's a really slick little unit. The latest firmware "stealths" any un-routed incoming traffic...quite a few...