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Posted by Jason Edwards on April 25, 2005, 9:48 pm
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<http://www.bbcworld.com/content/clickonline_archive_14_2005.asp?pageid=665&
co_pageid=3>
>
> This BBC-TV video, in 6 minutes, shows very plainly how dangerous the
internet
> is today.
Not really. It shows how dangerous unpatched Windows is.
>
> It won't show anybody here anything new, but if you have friends or family
that
> don't read here regularly, it's worth sharing with them.
I wouldn't let them see it.
If I did then they'd insist on installing unnecessary personal firewall
software that they wouldn't be able to use and would be calling me every
other day about whether or not somewindowsapp.exe should be allowed to
connect.
I'd have already set them up with an external box or modem with built in NAT
and configured them as a user not an administrator. And a few other things.
Jason
> And with anyone who
> questions the necessity of having a firewall, as in "I only have a dialup
> connection..." etc.
>
> It omits only 1 detail - which relates specifically to the example shown -
but
> other than that, IMHO, it is relevant, current, and very brief.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck
> Paranoia is not necessarily a bad thing - it comes from experience.
> My email is AT DOT
> actual address pchuck sonic net.
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