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![]() "Dylan Smith" wrote in message ... No, I think Windows as it currently stands is unsuitable for the general public. Windows as it stands is fine in an environment where a corporate admin can look after the network. It's not the users fault, it's the fault of Microsoft because the configuration is insecure by default. Windows as it stands should have at least the software firewall on *by default* and almost all services (most services which home users will never use) *off* by default. Actually, it is home users that tend to use those services the most, for things like on-line gaming and such. Now, I know a lot of Windows users. I realize that most computer admin types have real problems with trusting the general public with anything more complicated than an Etch-A-Sketch, but I tend to believe that the general public is a little smarter than that. All the home users I know have personal firewalls, anti-virus software, etc. The vulnerable computers that I have seen are the office computers which are maintained by so-called professional administrators who have turned off all these protections for their own convenience. |
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![]() "C J Campbell" wrote in message ... Now, I know a lot of Windows users. I realize that most computer admin types have real problems with trusting the general public with anything more complicated than an Etch-A-Sketch, but I tend to believe that the general public is a little smarter than that. All the home users I know have personal firewalls, anti-virus software, etc. Considering that something like over 80% of "general public" people run their internet connection with no firewall and no virus protection, that's interesting. The vulnerable computers that I have seen are the office computers which are maintained by so-called professional administrators who have turned off all these protections for their own convenience. Really? How many have you seen? |
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![]() "C J Campbell" wrote in message ... Now, I know a lot of Windows users. I realize that most computer admin types have real problems with trusting the general public with anything more complicated than an Etch-A-Sketch, but I tend to believe that the general public is a little smarter than that. All the home users I know have personal firewalls, anti-virus software, etc. The vulnerable computers that I have seen are the office computers which are maintained by so-called professional administrators who have turned off all these protections for their own convenience. Sounds like CJ is shilling for the local (Washington) company. :~) |
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In article , C J Campbell wrote:
Actually, it is home users that tend to use those services the most, for things like on-line gaming and such. Umm, I play rather too many online games than is healthy, but I've never needed to use the services in question (for example, RPC and LSASS, two recently exploited services in Windows). In fact, my hardware firewall doesn't allow anyone from the Internet to connect to a port on my PC yet all the games I play work. -- Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net "Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee" |
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Dylan Smith wrote:
nyone from the Internet to connect to a port on my PC yet all the games I play work. I'm not much of a game player (since xtrek became unpopular {8^), but I'm in an organization which includes a number of game builders. They've impressed me with their tricks for dealing with firewalls (really: the NAT boxes most consumers call firewalls). From my rough observation, in fact, they're ahead of the H.323 industry in that area. Those softwares often still have issues with firewalls and NAT boxes, though improvements have been occurring. - Andrew |
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