| From: | johndavis |
| Date: | 27 Jun 2001 at 07:06:03 |
| Subject: | Re: Internet Abuse and Port Hacks (reply) |
--- In amigactive@y..., Oovis <oovis@m...> wrote:
> Have you read this?
>
> http://grc.com/dos/grcdos.htm
>
> I found it interesting reading. There's a PDF version available too.
>
Actually It's well worth taking a half hour out and reading this.
Especially the bit about the firewall's at the end. I'd advise anyone
who accesses the 'Net with a Winbox to install ZoneAlarm, quite
simply because it works. I know people say that it's an un-necessary
step to take and that it's scare-mongering, but having had ZoneAlarm
block out 13 attempts in 15 mins back in Feb, it's well placed.
Although this may be OT, remember this scenario HAS appeared on the
Amiga. IIRC, a fake Lib/Datatype was written and flooded an address
(H+P?) with garbage through Miami (I'm sure I'm going to get
corrected on this), so it's not as if we are totally immune to it
all. Given the flood of dodgy bits shoved up on Aminet recently, is
proof enough to me that we all have to be vigilant when downloading
files.
-john
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