Dial Up?

[Van The Man]

Someone just asked if there is any point in having a firewall with dial up. WHat is dial up? :confused:

[NinjaMaster]

Originally posted by Van The Man
Someone just asked if there is any point in having a firewall with dial up. WHat is dial up? :confused:

Someone with a modem as oppossed to broadband.

[NinjaMaster]

Oh and there is every point. Wether you are dialling up or are fixed you are still connected the net and still open for hackers, etc....

[Daffeh]

true.

[hyukie]

i know dial-ups still can get hacked, but is it just that a slower speed, hax0rs cant be bothered to wait for data?

and didnt i ask that question somewhere anyways?

[hyukie]

ah yeah, van the man, going to see less than jake 22nd may ^_^

[Daffeh]

Originally posted by hyukie
i know dial-ups still can get hacked, but is it just that a slower speed, hax0rs cant be bothered to wait for data?


no, its not that a noticible change unless you are uploading files from their computer

[Sera]

The other thing is that they can regularly hack you when you are on broadband, due to you having a static IP, while on dialup your IP changes everytime you connect.

[Mist]

Originally posted by lil_kazzy
The other thing is that they can regularly hack you when you are on broadband, due to you having a static IP, while on dialup your IP changes everytime you connect.

As usual, I will say this may happen with most ISPs, but not necessarily with all of them.

Broadband <> Static IP, and Dial up <> Dynamic IP.

[Sharkky]

I have a brick slow 56k dial up with a Norton firewall and i am always getting reports of attempted attack on my computer so dial up is just as vunerable as broadband

[hyukie]

norton sucks, takes up too much ram -_-;

[Me_and]

Originally posted by Sharkky
I have a brick slow 56k dial up with a Norton firewall and i am always getting reports of attempted attack on my computer so dial up is just as vunerable as broadband Not true. Norton is reporting what are called 'port scans'. These are not attacks (in the most part), just someone having a look at your computer.

[Carriage Return]

the main reason that dail-up connections are safer is that they most people use them for around half an hour a day, so when a scritpt-kiddie comes looking, he doesn't find you and thinks you must have an awesome adaptive firewall.