On Tue, 25 Apr 2000, Harald Schwefel wrote:
> I wonder if anyone of you actually managed it to install the SNET DSL on
> a linux box.
Yup. It's trivial. It took about 4 minutes.
> Skimming through the old DSL threads it seems that I don't actually need
> a server anymore, though knowing the safety of a windows machine a good
> firewall might be still a good idea.
Windows machines aren't inherently unsafe, at least not in ways firewalls
tend to help with. A Windows desktop runs only a handful of TCP/UDP
services, and I don't think there are any known vulnerabilities in any of
their most recent versions.
Again, I'm not even close to being a Windows advocate; I generally can't
stand it. I just want people to dislike it for the right reasons. :)
Shawn
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