Re: OT - Firewalls
- From: Derek Moody <derek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:47:47 +0100
In article <f779745nqfdjvneem510ul2dfufpqfkn5r@xxxxxxx>, AJH
<URL:mailto:news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:24:04 -0500, srawlings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
wrote:
Word on the street (well Cix) is that ZA is a pile of poo anyway :)
I thought versions up to 2.6 were ok? Mind I suspect NAT's good enough
for most purposes apart from those programs that you load that
circumvent it (browser updates and skype for instance?)
AVG's
latest upgrade has also been causing a lot of issues with the safe surfing
thing.
Best method for safe surfing is to run Firefox from a linux live cd** if
you suspect a site might do something naughty.
Or dig out an old machine (maybe one so old it doesn't need a noisy fan?)
and install a minimal linux distro and firewall on it - use this as a
gateway and you can disable all the firewalls on your working pc.
The firewalls on some routers are pretty near as good *as long as you
monitor them.* Navigate to the firewall page in the router and either
make it your startup page or at least bookmark it.
Monitor the throughput - both ways - if there's any unexpected traffic,
investigate.
Cheerio,
**Slightly more fun - the Puppy Linux live cd with Netsurf - blindingly fast
even on a clapped out PC from a local skip...
http://www.puppylinux.org/
(Hello, there's a new release - under 90Mb - must go play.)
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derek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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