On 21 May 2000, at 11:02, Demetri Kolokotronis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Could Jim Meagher explain his statement
>
> > Zone Alarm is only useful if you are on a cable
> > or DSL modem.  Dial up connections do not
> > use the same IP address for each connection
> > therefore you do not need this type of security.
>
> I do not have a cable or DSL modem, yet I can tell by using a Firewall
> there are a lot of attempts to intrude into my computer system.

Attempts to invade into your computer, by themselves are not much
harmful.

The problem is with efforts to learn your system and then after finding
security holes in it, to invade into it.

If you use different ip numbers every time you are online, it is impossible
to make a systematic investiagation of your system, needed in order to
crack it.

I wouldn't say that Zone Alarm (or any other personal firewall) is useless
if you don't have a fixed IP number, but I do agree that if you are careful
in other security matters (mainly to avoid activating server trojans) it is
not of a critical importance.

Uzi
http://members.iol.co.il/uzip/

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