[OM] Re: Which spyware

[James King]

Unless the slip/ppp or other server at the ISP end has a firewall the 
only difference between broadband and dial up is the speed you can get 
attacked. The point of a firewall is to stop programs connecting to 
certain services on your machine and to stop programs anauthorised 
programs on your machine connecting to other computers. This can 
regardless of how the internet connection is implemented.
James

Geilfuss Charles wrote:
> Stu,
>       I'm hardly an expert in such things, but if you are using
> dial-up I don't think you need a firewall (but it won't hurt); I never
> had one until I moved up to broadband.

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