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Hello all,
I have a dial-up connection to the web. Can anyone tell me if it is true that with dial-up, there is no need for a firewall? My ISP tells me that because I get a new IP address each time I dial up, that because of that I dont need to have a firewall. Anyone know if the is true? thanks in advance |
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Hi Dave,
Being on dial-up means that a hacker is less likely to target your = machine - it does not mean they will not. Your ISP is correct in that = each time you sign on, you get a different IP, this means that a hacker = would have a harder time finding you specifically again, so loading a = remote module to your machine is not likely for this reason plus your = connection is too slow if they are the type to launch remote attacks. = However, one could still monkey with you. Plus, if they load a trojan to = your machine it can connect "home" and thus make it easy for the hacker = to locate you. But like I said, any serious hacker is not going to = bother with a user on a slow connection. Some free firewalls: www.kerio.com www.zonealarm.com (be aware that ZA has had some reported problems with = XP users) And of course, there is the firewall native to WinXP itself - it does a = fair job as far as software firewalls go. It just doesn't block outgoing = traffic. --=20 Best of Luck, Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x - = http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone - = www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org "Dave" wrote in message = ... Hello all, I have a dial-up connection to the web. Can anyone tell=20 me if it is true that with dial-up, there is no need for=20 a firewall? My ISP tells me that because I get a new IP=20 address each time I dial up, that because of that I dont=20 need to have a firewall. Anyone know if the is true? thanks in advance |
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