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Old August 16th 03, 02:44 AM
Roger Halstead
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On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 11:59:58 -0700, Gnasher wrote:

On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 04:22:26 GMT, Roger Halstead
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I'm running XP Pro. The firewall was not enabled by default.


Mine was.

Plus I use a commercial firewall on each computer, not the one from
MS.


So do I, plus I use a router with a hardware firewall built in, but my
comment still stands. Linux does not come locked down by default
either.


My mistake, I thought you were saying that XP had the firewall on by
default.

Roger Halstead (K8RI EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
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