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From:Vincenzo Morra
Date:23 Aug 2001 at 23:12:24
Subject:Re: Firewall

Hello Neil

On 23-Aug-01, you wrote:

> Vincenzo Morra said,
>
>> several people are worried about hackers entering their system and
>> therefore they are protecting themselves not just with antivirus software
>> but with firewall software.
>> I was wondering if Amiga user should be worry about the above problem
>
> Yes they should. You're less likely to get hacked with an Amiga, because
> most of the script kiddies have only heard of Windows, but it can
> happen.
>
>> and if
>> there is any firewall software for our system.
>
> Miami Deluxe has a very good built in firewall. But it won't stop
> trojans making outward connections, you still need decent anti-virus
> software too.

TX Neil.
I have Miami DX and I am assuming that I do not need to do anything to activate
the Firewall.
I then have ViruszII 1.45 running in background.

Maybe an article in AA about all this would be a good idea.

Regards



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Vince(nzo) Morra
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