John:
Thanks for helping with my question. It continues to show me the value of
this list.
I'm learning all of this slowly, but surely, I think.
Happy fourth of July to all!
Best 73 from TomBehler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 1:38 PM
Subject: Re: speech and the internet
> Ad-Aware isn't a firewall program, it's to get rid of spy ware, if you
have
> a linksys router, as far as a firewall goes, you're in great shape out of
> the box, you can make it better if you really read and understand the
manual
> for it, but those routers have a hardware firewall involved with them and
> honestly, that's the best way to go, you shouldn't need anything else
> though if you want to, you can put something on the computers, I don't
have
> any recommendations, how ever, with my router, it can run zone alarm pro
> from the router even and you won't even know it's there but the stock
> firewall in the router is more then sufficient, if you have it out of the
> box with out messing with any settings, no one can even see your computers
> from outside your home network, I've actually tried to hack in to mine and
> have a good friend who can do it, he doesn't, but he works on computers in
> security and stuff and I had him try and he couldn't do it and says so far
> he can't find a way around a linksys router unless some one changes stuff
> and opens it up. If you have wireless stuff on the network, there are
codes
> you can use, that's about the only weakness but if you put the incription
> codes in there, you're fine especially if it's set not to broadcast the
> code, what's what I did but my wireless is junk anyway, we can barely use
it
> outside 10 feet away form the house anyway and I had to do a lot of moving
> and rewiring and stuff to get it that good.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 12:49 PM
> Subject: speech and the internet
>
>
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> > John and all,
> >
> > All of this discussion about internet security has got me thinking.
> >
> > Right now, I have high-speed cable internet, and the Norton /Corporate =
> > Edition anti-virus software. We have a Linksys router to connect all of
=
> > the computers in the house together. Some on this list have recommended
=
> > "outpost" as a firewall program that doesn't interfere with Jaws. I =
> > know that Zone alarm has some issues with Jaws, so have stayed away from
=
> > it.
> >
> > What exactly is ad-aware? Is this a workable firewall program? If I =
> > had this on my system, plus the Norton Corporate Edition anti-virus =
> > software, would I have reasonably sufficient protection when using =
> > Windows XP, Jaws 5.0, Outlook Express, and Internet Explorer?
> >
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