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To: cm who wrote (8000)	7/7/1999 10:50:00 PM
From: loe4net	Respond to of 11417

cm I enjoyed reading your well thought out, honest, and informative post. Then I read the following two posts, and was amazed at the polarity of posters we have on these threads. Loe

To: cm who wrote (8000)	7/8/1999 9:32:00 AM
From: cm	Respond to of 11417

Two Interesting Articles In Today's NY Times... "It's a Land Of the Free Computer"--which covers the whole Free PC/ISP convergence phenomenon. "And now, the PC is following the model of the cellular phone, which is often given away or sold at low cost to customers who sign up for service contracts." "High-Speed LInes Leave Door Ajar for Hackers". "About two weeks after Frank Keeney was first connected to cable modem service in Pasadena, Calif., he discovered that alone with the delights of a 24-hour connection, and high-speed Internet access came the potential for big trouble. "I went to log in and found that someone had compromised my computer," he recalled. "When you log into a Linux system, it will normally show a short message stating the last time logged in and from where. Since I had not logged in for a week or so, I knew there was trouble. I checked to see if someone else was on line and, sure enough, he was on at the same time. I tried to kill his log-in session, but it was too late. He had already issued the command to erase every file on the computer. I watched while he erased everything on my hard drive." "Mr. Keeney's experience is not isolated, several computer security experts said. The shift from dial-up Internet connections to cable modems and D.S.L. (digital subscription lines--fast, constant links to the Net that use telephone lines) are making home computer users vulnerable to the types of attacks from hackers that in the past were almost exclusively a worry for corporations..." FYI... Best Regards, c m