[techtalk] Internet Connection Sharing

[David Merrill]

On Thu, May 17, 2001 at 10:11:36PM -0500, Julie wrote:
> From: coldfire <rolick571 at duq.edu>
> > well, i particularly enjoy networking stuff ... so if you need any help,
> > feel free to post and i'd love to help out as i'm sure others would too :)
> > quick question .. are you using ipfwadm, ipchains, or iptables?
> 
> ... and speaking of internet stuff, I just signed up for Roadrunner
> and it will be a week or three before I have a Linux machine that
> I'm able to use as a firewall.
> 
> Is there any hope for running a Windows 98 machine connected
> to the Internet with file sharing enabled and =not= get hacked in
> the first hour I'm connected?!?  The machine I was supposed to
> be getting in to run all this stuff isn't going to be ready until next
> week, so this machine needs to stay running Windows until then.

There are software firewall programs for Win98 that should make it
safer. Not really safe, but safer. I don't know of any free ones,
though.

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