I like Sygate for a firewall. It is really good. And free.
Virus...don't know.
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le nubian - Apr 19, 2005 6:10:18 pm PDT #2533 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Steph L. - Apr 19, 2005 6:11:21 pm PDT #2534 of 10003
I look more rad than Lutheranism
ita, PC or Mac?
§ ita § - Apr 19, 2005 7:10:36 pm PDT #2535 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
PC. Wait, I'm about to become a 2 OS household -- I need Mac recs too.
Will go check Sygate.
Steph L. - Apr 19, 2005 7:26:23 pm PDT #2536 of 10003
I look more rad than Lutheranism
ita, for Mac, these 2 Macworld articles are really helpful on security/firewall and virii issues: [link] and [link] . Also check the right sidebar on those pages.
UTTAD - Apr 20, 2005 1:26:13 am PDT #2537 of 10003
Strawberry disappointment.
I'd back up Sygate for firewall. And I've found Panda to be really good as an anti-virus.
Jon B. - Apr 20, 2005 2:40:02 am PDT #2538 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I'm about to become a 2 OS household
If there's more than one 'puter, why not just use the hardware firewall in your router?
§ ita § - Apr 20, 2005 3:49:24 am PDT #2539 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I already do. But I must be doing it wrong, because NAV has intermittently reported intrusions that reached the PC.
Jon B. - Apr 20, 2005 4:56:07 am PDT #2540 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Are you familiar with the Shields Up web utility? It could be that NAV is reporting things that are basically harmless.
§ ita § - Apr 20, 2005 5:01:07 am PDT #2541 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Cool page, Jon. Everything looks good with NAV in place -- I'll try later without it.
Some of the stuff NAV reports is bunk -- attacks from inside my house (he's PINGING FROM INSIDE THE NETWORK!!!) and sometimes it has a dislike of stuff returned by web servers. Others, though, have been reported intrusion attempts from machines that aren't internet servers, and those make me worry.
§ ita § - Apr 20, 2005 4:15:47 pm PDT #2542 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hee. Posting from the Powerbook now. I'm using Safari, but I've downloaded Opera. It's telling me to drag it into the Application folder to install.
Application folder? I've heard of that. I just have no idea where it is ... this learning curve will be fun!
Okay, found it. Now for Firefox.