Re: [PCWorks] A tip for stopping annoying harassing "slide-ups" (a kind of pop-up) immune to pop-up blockers
- From: Peter Kaulback <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 01:21:35 -0500
Provided you disconnect regularly Hugh, this is the key to this theory.
I, like most every other dialup user I know, am connected for 1-6 hours
continuously and I personally know 2 seniors who have dedicated dialup
connections. They connect when they boot up in the morning and
disconnection at shutdown in the evening, or power outage (whichever may
come first ;>)
Utilizing Snort Intrusion Detection Software or IDS I can pick up
regular attempts continuously on XP and Linux. Dial up connections
present different scenarios than broadband connections and software
firewalls are required more often and as these are built-in in both XP
and Linux (as you likely know). Linux has the advantage in that its
software firewall/NAT can filter outbound traffic as well.
Because even a fully patched system can get a trojan working perfectly
well, human error can work wonders :)
Peter Kaulback
Hugh Vandervoort wrote:
> The experts all agree that a firewall is unnecessary with dial up. Your
> IP address changes so often that a hacker can't get anywhere.
> If you have a NAT router and keep your system up to date, software
> firewalls on a home computer are unnecessary.
> Those who are still interested after all this blather might want to
> check their router's firewall log to see what actually happens with port
> sniffers.
>
>
> John O'Flynn wrote:
>> It was the ISP who pointed out the conflict when we tried to find out
>> why we could no longer get on line. He said various of his other
>> customers had the same problem and it was caused by the recent XP patch.
>> Now comes the really violent bit. He said kill ZA. I killed ZA.
>> Everything worked fine, but I felt uneasy with nothing but the lousy
>> firewall in XP so I installed Comodo. Everything still worked fine and
>> still does. I'll deal with any other violent conflicts if and as they
>> arise. I'm quite good at those. But I'm not saddling up and riding out
>> on Google looking for them.
>>
>> This happened on a dial-up connection in a little place out in the
>> sticks, but that laptop is also used on high-speed and wireless
>> connections, and my wife says there is no way she's going to run it
>> without a good firewall. I quite agree.
>>
>> John
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