, Business Week 2001-11-20
Citing finicky configuration problems, the major high-speed providers discourage their use -- a backward and dangerous policy
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Broadband ISPs vs. the GreyMatter Challenged
2001-11-21
Mnemonic Method (6 replies)
Mnemonic Method (6 replies)
Putting Liability in the Right Place RE:Broadband ISPs vs. the GreyMatter Challenged
2001-11-21
Joel Peach (jpeach[AT]traceris[DOT]com)
Joel Peach (jpeach[AT]traceris[DOT]com)
Broadband ISPs Shouldn't Knock Down Firewalls
2001-11-21
ddescault (at) socal.rr (dot) com [email concealed]
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Broadband ISPs Shouldn't Knock Down Firewalls
2001-11-21
Chris Leonardos <cleonardos (at) triumph (dot) com [email concealed]>
Chris Leonardos <cleonardos (at) triumph (dot) com [email concealed]>
Re: Broadband ISPs Shouldn't Knock Down Firewalls
2001-11-22
anakata <anakata (at) anakata.hack (dot) se [email concealed]>
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Broadband ISPs Shouldn't Knock Down Firewalls
2001-11-22
jorgen (at) ssc (dot) net [email concealed]
jorgen (at) ssc (dot) net [email concealed]
Quoted from the article;
"In fact, a frightening number of cable companies and DSL providers tell their users not to run a firewall."
Furthermore, they could pick one firewall package and offer the support to their customers for a reasonble price. Most people would be willing to pay for this support if they knew the dangers of not taking proper security precautions.
And you know as well as I do that Zone Alarm does not need to be completely uninstalled to do some basic troubleshooting. The ISP could ask that you disable the firewall for troubleshooting. Unistalling should be regarded as a last resort.
Mot
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