[BC] copying/distributing church programs

[Cowboy]

On Sunday 20 November 2005 01:35 pm, WFIFeng at aol.com wrote:

>You can get a decent HD for about $100. I *highly* recommend Maxtor.

 I too, have had good success with Maxtor myself, but it's also true that
 they tend to be more difficult to recover if/when the drive finally fails.

>Most modern motherboards have USB and LAN ports built in. Naturally, if 
>you're going to be distributing your programs via the Internet, a High Speed 
>account is absolutely essential, and using a router is beyond essential. The very 
>survival of your machine is at stake. A router is only about $60, and will 
>effectively shield your machine from 99.999% of the nasties out there.

 Just to clarify, you're saying router, but describing firewall.
 There's a HUGE difference !
 Many routers today do include a rudimentary firewall, but they are
 entirely separate functions.

>Only a very  
>dedicated, determined hacker is likely to get through a router. It's just not 
>worth it to them to go through the trouble to hack "some Church" or home user, 
>so the router really is the best means of intrusion protection.

 The major problem these days is not crackers ( stubborn, yes, but I still have
 a bit of a problem with the mis-use of the positive term "hacker" in place
 of the negative term "cracker" ) but Micro$oft oriented malware.

 Routers alone are almost effortless to get past.
 Firewalls, depends on the firewall. Nothing gets past the ones I do.
 The real problem is that Micro$oft malware is relentless.
 If there is a hole, it'll find it.

>I would also suggest that you set up an FTP site. You can get some very good 
>prices and outstanding service from the site I use and recommend to everyone: 
>123ehost.com

 With dynamic DNS services, I'd put the money into the high speed connection,
 and host it myself. ( which I do )
 It's not that difficult, and almost any old slow machine can suffice as an FTP
 server, since even an old 25MHz 286 can easily outrun DSL speeds.

> You don't need a Domain name, because the FTP clients are quite 
>content to work with just the IP (numeric) address. That will save you a few $, 
>also.

 That can be said about anything internet !
 NOTHING *needs* a domain name, as all are translated into IP quad-dot
 anyway. Domain names are a human convenience, with exception of some
 of the anti-spam stuff in sendmail.

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