From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from c1422183-a.ross1.pa.home.com ([65.9.87.151]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 15vVng-0005ED-00 for ; Sun, 21 Oct 2001 23:30:52 -0400 Received: from c1422183-a.ross1.pa.home.com (c1422183-a.ross1.pa.home.com [65.9.87.151]) by c1422183-a.ross1.pa.home.com (8.10.2/8.9.3) with ESMTP id f9M3Utf03678 for ; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 03:30:55 GMT Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 23:30:55 -0400 (EDT) From: Frank Carmickle X-Sender: frankiec@c1422183-a.ross1.pa.home.com To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: DSL Providors In-Reply-To: <20011021221516.A31109@asmodean.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Reply-To: frankiec@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Good points here Raul On Sun, 21 Oct 2001, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: > Amanda. Having cable, dsl, dialup, t1, isdn, etc is really about the > same really as far as security. It's like a front door. If you leave > the front door open you can expect anyone to walk in. With internet Well cable used to be a real bitch because your interface saw all the traffic to and from the gateway for many class C subnets in some cases. Mostly now the cable modems that are used have some basic routing in them so that when you tcpdump from that interface you don't see everyones traffic for 18 miles. > access regardless of type as long as you take steps to insure your > security you will be fine. Windows users use zonealarm for 1 pc and > advanced firewall routers for other types of setups. Linux users can > use ipchains along with utilities such as portsentry to monitor their Iptables is much cooler. -- Frank Carmickle phone: 412 761-9568 email: frankiec@dryrose.com