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Re: New cox cable managed network

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From: Tom Gerhart
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 17:32
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I got rid of all the @home software after I did a port scan and found that
the tioga portion were actually two "trojan like" programs making a
gaping hole in my firewall. Just set up the TCP stuff yourself and use only
your own client software and everything will be fine.

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Regards,
         Tom Gerhart
"Mr_Smyth" <tryagain@smythville.com> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know here if I will have to install their software when it
comes
> out to keep my service up and running? The original @home software had a
> program
> called tioga that kept reporting (something) to an outside
> source. The browser they supplied was hokey also.
>
>
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