Tesseract Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 Nobody has actually said "hey I get X viruses"' date=' so I don't know what you're talking about. I [b']don't[/b] get viruses. That's not because I don't know they're there, it's because I know how to recognise and avoid them, and if they do get on they last less than a millisecond because I am well-defended. I go to whatever I want on the net, I have no active antivirus or spyware and I dont get any problems.I dont really pay much attention to ther latest worm/trojan/virus on the news.I didnt do anything for the sasser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 Then what is "too late"? I meant that was to late but I did it anyway.Even though I have no viruses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aommaster Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 Man, I wish i could relax like you do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 A PC acting as a central Unix hub for a LAN, running hardware and software firewalls. Whats the point of having one of those? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 Man, I wish i could relax like you do! I have 10000 files scanned and no viruses so far.This is going to take a while though I have at least 200000 files to scan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aommaster Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 well, I think that instead of the computer needing to run the software, the hub does it, saving RAM space! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 I go to whatever I want on the net, I have no active antivirus or spyware and I dont get any problems.I dont really pay much attention to ther latest worm/trojan/virus on the news.I didnt do anything for the sasser. The most common routes of infection are worms transmitting themselves via open ports (hence the need for a firewall to close those ports off), or infected mail. There are viruses now that don't even need to be previewed to be able to launch themselves from clients like Outlook Express (which, incidentally, is the biggest piece of vulnerable crap in the universe). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aommaster Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 which, incidentally, is the biggest piece of vulnerable crap in the universe). Nice positive thoughts sayonara! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 I only recieve e-mail very rarely from my family I dont have any junk or spam ever nor do I use outlook express. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 Whats the point of having one of those? All requests to the net have to pass through the gateway, which allows the gateway to check for blacklisted DNS entries and refuse known malservices. Likewise all incoming traffic is routed through the hub, so nothing bad can get on to the network. Also, like aom said, it frees up resources on the LAN terminals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 well, I think that instead of the computer needing to run the software, the hub does it, saving RAM space! Hmm that makes sense but I think I have enough ram to go around.I have got to get a sound card though.I have too much RAM wasted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 I only recieve e-mail very rarely from my family I dont have any junk or spam ever nor do I use outlook express. I think we might be getting to the bottom of your blessed existence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 All requests to the net have to pass through the gateway' date=' which allows the gateway to check for blacklisted DNS entries and refuse known malservices. Likewise all incoming traffic is routed through the hub, so nothing bad can get on to the network. Also, like aom said, it frees up resources on the LAN terminals.[/quote'] I have no need for that.If it wasnt for this web site I wouldnt even be on the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 I think we might be getting to the bottom of your blessed existence. Thats because IM THE KING OF VIRUS FREE COMPUTERS! 20000 files done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aommaster Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 Hmm that makes sense but I think I have enough ram to go around.I have got to get a sound card though.I have too much RAM wasted. Even though you have RAM to go around, your computer performs better without it running Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 If you just have 1 PC, there's no point trying to make a LAN. We have 6 PCs in this household you see. Plus one autonomous Freevo. So sharing the same DSL connection and sharing files etc means making a LAN, and the most effective way to do that for us is through a gateway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 If you just have 1 PC' date=' there's no point trying to make a LAN. We have 6 PCs in this household you see. Plus one autonomous Freevo. So sharing the same DSL connection and sharing files etc means making a LAN, and the most effective way to do that for us is through a gateway.[/quote'] The fog thickens, how many people do you have in that house? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 Even though you have RAM to go around, your computer performs better without it running Without what running? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aommaster Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 yup! without the firewall! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 yup! without the firewall! So my computer does better without a firewall? Then thats good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 The fog thickens, how many people do you have in that house? 3. We realllly like computers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aommaster Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 Yeah, but not taking into account that virsuses can enter and use up all the RAM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 So my computer does better without a firewall?Then thats good. Only in the same sense that it runs better with any 1 program turned off. It's a payoff between performance and security. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aommaster Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 Like I said above! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 Id rather have performance other than security any day.Mainly because of my safe habits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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