Re: Tell me if I've got this right.....(please)

On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 23:07:58 GMT, CJT <abujlehc@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Oren wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:02:00 -0600, Mark Lloyd <mlloyd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Wireless is much more complicated*. It's also harder to set up, less
>>>reliable, slower (in many cases), and less secure.
>>
>>
>> If you want a truly "secure" computer pull the plug from the wall.
>> Newer routers for the home are better now because they install with a
>> firewall in place. Heck WinDOZE is your biggest security breach. It
>> installs and leaves you open to hacks the minute you plug any network
>> adapter in.
>>
>No joke. When my daughter took her brand new computer to college, it
>was infected within minutes of being plugged into the campus network.
>There's no way she could even download the patches from Microsoft in
>time to avert it.
>

Malware infection requires a program running on your computer to
accept the malware. However, many of these things come in email. If
you're using Outlook Express, by default it displays incoming
messages, and can automatically execute code hidden in the message
(HTML). This can be turned off, but the default is "on", and many
people don't think to turn it off. #Windows itself can be the
offender.

The one thing that helps most against malware is DON'T USE OUTLOOK
EXPRESS. Better programs are available for email and news, and many
are free. That includes Thunderbird
(http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/)

Also, download the latest service pack (or order the CD). Get the
whole file, not just a web installer. Keep a good firewall program on
a disk. These will allow you to reinstall, and stay disconnected from
the internet until you've installed updates and the firewall.

>>
>>>100Mbps makes sense if you're EVER going to transfer a large file.
>>>Today you may have no idea what you're going to do 10 years from now.
>>
>>
>>>I find that I'm frequently transferring video files (often around 1GB)
>>>in size. When I first set up a network, I had no idea I would be doing
>>>that.
>>
>>
>>>There is 1000Mbps (1Gbps), but there will be very little if any need
>>>for that in a small network.
>>
>>
>> Lets see. You have a 100Mbps cable capacity, most likely limited by a
>> 10Mbps network interface card (NIC) unless it is a 10/100 card. Moving
>> the 1Gig file IMHO would not be any faster if the NIC can't handle the
>> data.
>>
>Gigabit cards can be had for under 10 bucks now.
>
>> Oren
>>
>> "My doctor says I have a malformed public-duty gland
>> and a natural deficiency in moral fiber, and that I am therefore
>> excused from saving Universes."
--
Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com

"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what
to have for lunch. Liberty is a well armed lamb
contesting the vote." - Benjamin Franklin
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