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On Mon, 8 Feb 1999, Gerrit Jacobsen wrote:
Gerrit -
Thanks for the reply...
> Either you do it with a decent operating system like NT and disable
> all the bindings to TCPIP so that no one can hack into your operating
> system
How can one do this and still use TCPIP to get data via the net?
> you get a proper firewall
Any suggestions much appreciated...
> or you use one of your old PCs
> and make a Linux firewall.
Any pointers toward doing this much appreciated...
> - and always keep some eye on your modem - checking whether someone
> is sucking your precious EL code :-)
My EL code is far from precious <grin>; there are other things that I
worry about more.
> In any case I cannot see why an Internet feed should be better than
> satellite.
For me, not a big advantage -- at the moment perhaps not even as good.
For the data vendor, a much less expensive choice. I suspect that is the
reason for the big push.
Again, thanks...
Larry
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