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From: "Robert Montague" <>
Subject: RE: [APG] Security concern
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 16:58:05 -0500


I have two excellent suggestions:

1) Instead of using a software firewall such as ZoneAlarm, get a router
(hardware firewall).
2) Lose AOL. Nobody needs AOL. It is training wheels for newbies.

This observation isn't meant to apply to the originator of this email,
because I want to help. But, generally speaking, over the many months I've
been monitoring, I'm constantly amazed by people who complain
about computer problems which are invariably related to ancient software and
primitive computer comnponents. Their rebuttal is almost always the same
"can't afford to do the upgrade". But they can always afford to repair the
damage caused by lack of antivirus software and a firewall and pay AOL an extra
$10 or $20 a month.

Robert Montague

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