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Exactly!  I mean after all if firewalls and proxies really worked then how
come high end systems still get broken into???  If you have information that
a hacker feels should be allowed for all expect your system to get hacked.
if you piss off someone expect a cracker to come a knocking ;)  ping
flood's, etc while classified by the media and the government(heh heh
government intelligence what an oxymoron) as hacking etc generally are not
done by hackers..  Hackers HACK into a system to give themselves access
usually on *nix style boxes as that is what most of their software runs on
anyways.  Then they use that access to get information and/or hack into
tougher boxes...  Take for instance the NASA hack back in 1995/1996.   A
group of hackers known as Virii gained access to TOP-SECRET servers by
gaining access to a LOW SECURITY server that had permissions on the
TOP-SECRET servers.  They were found out due to a couple 13 year olds who
decided to be "tough and cool" and fuck things up..  Those 13 year olds then
ratted out almost all the other members that they had access to as a PLEA
bargain..  Needless to say those 2 13 year olds are on a perm ban list by
all Hackers and Crackers..  if they get seen and identified they are hacked
and stuff..   ******BUT****** for the average internet user you would have
nothing to worry about.  just don't spout off in any newsgroups or chat
rooms that you are a hacker and your system can not be hacked..  you should
then be safe from most (99%) of the hackers out there.  then the only ones
you have to worry about are the wanna be's which are the ones that can be
tracked down cause they do not know the finer art of stealth!

Sorry for such a long post.  I am on some medication that is kicking my ass
something fierce right now.
Chris <remington_1187@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:s5h008naqrs59@corp.supernews.com...
> So having a firewall like BlackICE Defender is sort of like having a Club
> for a car. Neither can really stop anything from going wrong if a criminal
> was set to do harm, but it is enough of a deterrent that they will usually
> just move on to the next target.
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> Chris
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