[AT] OT : ! puter question for dsl

[Gene Waugh]

Ivan, you can just keep going as you have been---you can shut down and start
up at will with the dsl; start up, and you will be connected.  Slick!

You really want to have a firewall between you and the net---if you just
have the one puter connected, a software firewall would be the way to go.
If you have a switch/router so multiple puters can access the net, there
should be a hardware firewall in that unit.

I like the idea of sensitive stuff being on an external drive---that really
minimizes your exposure.

All that aside, ain't the high speed great??!!

Gene Waugh
Elgin, Illinois USA

-----Original Message-----
From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Ivan Cousins
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 5:11 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: [AT] OT : ! puter question for dsl 

 We finally got the chance to go from dialup to dsl out here . I am used to
turning my pc off at night and when we go away . But since dsl is always on
what happens ?   As a security measure all my tax records and sensitive
stuff are moving to a external drive so they can be  only accessed when
plugged in .   Thanks , Ivan


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