-=PCTechTalk=- Re: what's this?
- From: "kg6ocz" <kg6ocz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 17:43:10 -0700
It's also simpler to read a note and and answer before asking questions. As
in WHY do you find this hard or necessary to be simple? hmm? Lots of things
in this world are NOT simple. Lots of times LIFE is a struggle. It shouldn't
always be easy. You wouldn't learn if it was. BUT there ARE times when there
is a reason for having to deal with things in a manor suited to a situation.
If you can't figure out HOW, simplify. OR have someone show you who CAN put
it in a way YOU can deal with.. but lets not tear down a situation before
it's understood WHY that given situation maybe needs help being dealt with.
It's not easy I am asking for as in face value EASY. or maybe lazy better
fits here. It's not comprehending how to make something work. Confusion. The
thought process deosn't always complete the task. Such is the way of some
things..NOT just wanting things to be EASY...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wyatt M. Portendt" <nunyabidness6@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 4:23 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: what's this?
> It's simpler to not lock your doors at night, simpler to not take your
keys
> from the car. It's simpler to have unprotected sex. It's simpler to not
> tie that ladder off.
>
> It's simpler to not run firewalls, antivirus, content control, or to
> practice safe computing.
>
> What's NOT simple is getting rid of a virus. What's NOT simple is
> reinstalling your system without losing all your data and files. What's
> NOT simple is to recover a hijacked browser that suddenly is going to your
> (not so) favorite porn site instead of www.disney.com.
>
> It wasn't simple to learn how to drive, wasn't simple to learn your job,
> wasn't simple to have your children (not counting the conception part).
> can live a simple life and have not so simple problems, or you can learn,
> expend some energy, and perhaps make things simpler in the long run.
> Everyone has this choice.
>
> On 8/19/2003 at 3:37 PM a whisper was heard, and the one known as kg6ocz
> was rumoured to have uttered....
>
> | I wouldn't say any of it is un-necessary. THAT
> | would be foolish considering.
> | BUT but the same token when you can't figure out how to make
> | something work,
> | then the simpler the better even if it isnt' the best of the
> | lot.
> | ----- Original Message -----
> | From: "Wyatt M. Portendt" <nunyabidness6@xxxxxxxxx>
> | To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> | Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 2:54 PM
> | Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: what's this?
> |
> |
> | > I personally wouldn't feel bad about taking a reasonable
> | precaution. The
> | > firewall and mail security here has caused me to miss the
> | last ten major
> | > virus attacks even though I was exposed to them through
> | mailing lists and
> | > casual surfing. I don't argue with people who say they
> | don't need them.
> | I
> | > know that soon enough they will be silent for a time and a
> | little more
> | > open-minded shortly after (the virus hits them).
> | >
> | > I have a layered approach to security. The router is the
> | outer shield, a
> | > properly configured (and configurable) firewall is the next
> | layer. A text
> | > only email with an encrpted address book (and *real*
filters
> | built in)
> | > filtered with a regular expressions mail handler protects
> | the email.
> | > Content blocking and script control keep IE from getting
> | naughty. It
> | > sounds cumbersome, and it wasn't a peach to set up in the
> | beginning, but
> | it
> | > works flawlessly now. Good stuff gets in, bad stuff
> | doesn't, and
> | > questionable things can be forensically traced to find out
> | exactly what
> | > they *are* doing behind my back.
> | >
> | > Foolproof, no. Damned difficult to casually breach,
without
> | a doubt. All
> | > of it was free and it's working exceptionally well. I just
> | listen
> | politely
> | > to the people who say it's unnecessary and doesn't work and
> | smile while
> | I'm
> | > surfing and mailing with no problems for about three years
> | running now.
> | No
> | > crashes, no reinstalls, no cleaning, no worries.
> | >
> | > On 8/18/2003 at 12:47 PM a whisper was heard, and the one
> | known as Michael
> | > Scott was rumoured to have uttered....
> | >
> | > | Hello All,
> | > | With the panic re the blaster worm I checked
up
> | on my
> | > | Microsoft Updates again and there was
> | "Security Update
> | > | Microsoft Virtual Machine". What doodad is
this
> | for and is it
> | > | necessary or will my world end if I don't do
> | it. It is over 5
> | > | megs and I must have the worst server in the
> | world because I
> | > | keep dropping out and this could take forever.
> | > |
> | > | I did however go to CNET and downloaded the
> | w32.blaster
> | > | removal Tool and was tickled to find I'm
clean.
> | > |
> | > | It seems that if you have a firewall, you are
> | much safer. I
> | > | know so many people who think I'm a twit
> | because I have one
> | on
> | > | my PC............ they wouldn't!! Hope I run
> | into some of
> | > | them and they tell me they have the worm. OK,
> | I know I'm
> | > | being nasty....... but ........ Lyn
> | > |
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