X-Account-Key: account1 X-UIDL: 95192 X-Mozilla-Keys: Return-Path: X-ListServer: CommuniGate Pro LIST 5.1.3 List-Unsubscribe: List-ID: List-Archive: Precedence: list Message-ID: Reply-To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" Sender: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 18:37:42 -0600 From: "Will Honea" X-Original-Message-ID: Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Is my NIC supported? ** Reply to message from "John Poltorak" on Fri, 11 May 2007 19:10:01 +0100 > I have had two OS/2 machines continuously connected to the internet for about > seven years and can't say I am aware of any major problems of running > without a firewall. One of them reached an uptime of around seven months > and then it only needed a reboot because of a power cut. Ah! OS/2 is fairly close to being a firewall - unless you have Win machines online as well. I run with a firewall that shipped on the DSL router/modem/AP I got when I went DSL. The box runs Linux and it is really easy to configure iptables so that was a painless decision. Just to see what it was doing, I configured a Linux box with the same rules and logging - amazing how much crap it blocked out! -- Will Honea =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to Send administrative queries to To subscribe (new addresses), E-mail to: and reply to the confirmation email. Web archives are publicly available at: http://lists.2rosenthals.com This list is hosted by Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC P.O. Box 281, Deer Park, NY 11729-0281. Non- electronic communications related to content contained in these messages should be directed to the above address. (CAN-SPAM Act of 2003) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=