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Re: They have zero rights said by wilburyan:It an ISP disconnects you from their service because you are running a pre SP1 WinXP workstation your ISP is doing you a FAVOUR. That is complete bull sh#$. I can have a WinXP SP1 running behind a nat router, running behind a firewall, not running as admin and I hand it off to the wife and she wouldn't pick up a worm, virus, or anything else. Its all about configuration and having a bit of knowledge of what you are doing. So to tell me that a pre SP1 is the issue is bull sh#$. Yeah SP2 has less security holes and other fixes but its not 100% needed to lock down the system.
There is no need for an ISP to blindly lock people out without having a better reason then simply what version of an OS they are running. |
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| If you have workstation(s) behind a router than it doesn't matter... but if it's behind a router your ISP really has no idea what you have connected to it in the first place.
Also, notice I said pre SP1... not SP1. So no service packs whatsoever. I have an older XP cd that has no service packs, when I install XP from it and connect the computer directly to the internet I get dominated with everything under the sun within 10 minutes... it's really quite amazing.
I'm not saying folks like you should have their service suspended... but those who are running wide open and unprotected (and likely already infected) should. |
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