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Re: Dummy ADSL question



At 15:48 19/10/00 +0100, you wrote:
>The questions:
>
>If I get a single-user, USB, ADSL installation, and hook it up to the
W2k
>server in place of the ISDN dialup:
>
>1: Will it work?

Don't know. Sorry.

>2: Will it breach any access agreement terms?

Yes, probably. Single use is usually what it says it is, and the ISP I've
signed up for forbids it.


>3: Will it _really_ cause big security problems. I'm not going to host
a
>domain out of this...
That all depends on what info you have on your system.

At the moment I have a Surftime account, which is on from about 7am till
5pm. I get portscanned about once a week. If I didn't have things in place
to stop them, they might gain access to my system.


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