Re: FN-FORUM New to the List - with some good news.

date posted 7th March 2000 10:57

Sorry Jim, didn't mean to sound so unfriendly...

Welcome to the list!

Dan
Freelancers.net

Martin Smith wrote:

> Jim,
>
> Nice to have you onboard this list mate :)
>
> From: Martin Smith
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Winchester [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Sent: 07 March 2000 10:33
> To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM New to the List - with some good news.
>
> > I can point you to a free program you can install
>
> No offence to Jim intended, but it should be made clear that software
> recommended on
> this list is not necessarily trustworthy.
>
> Make sure you as an individual trust the source before you install - we
> don't won't
> to be used as a vehicle for spreading viruses.
>
> Jim Lynch wrote:
>
> > Hi, all...
> >
> > I'm located in Canada (with a partner in Edinburgh) and have been
> "lurking" here
> > for a few days. I also contribute to a few other Lists and use FrontPage
> for a
> > site management tool.
> >
> > (To name a few) I use FP, Photoshop, Illustrator, ImageReady, WS_FTP,
> Telnet,
> > Norton Utilities, Cool 3D and WebTrends on mostly UNIX / Apache servers
> over an
> > ADSL line if anyone wants some help...
> >
> > First, I'd like to offer my web design services to anyone who picks up
> more
> > business than he/she can handle (wouldn't we all like to be in that boat)
> - with
> > flat rates I cater to macro-to-small businesses who are working within a
> small
> > budget.
> >
> > Second, if anyone wishes to express interest I can point the Listers at a
> site
> > that will challenge your connection for security purposes and scan your
> > computer's Net ports to see if you are open to unannounced and unmonitored
> > BackOrifice business.
> >
> > Sounds rather disgusting, I know, but if you have your ports wide open and
> file
> > sharing selected on you may already be helping hackers pull down sites
> without
> > knowing it. There are some very basic, easy things you can do - even on an
> > ethernet connection - that can make life very difficult for someone trying
> to
> > hack your connection.
> >
> > Third, I can point you to a free program you can install (Windows only)
> that
> > will block all of these offending ports for you and make your presence
> disappear
> > into "not switched on" mode as seen by the hackers, and they will
> completely be
> > denied access. I have been using it for a couple of weeks now and my
> checks with
> > the probing site show I am completely out of business - I don't exist.
> >
> > Just let me know if you are interested in these last two - this is
> especially
> > useful to people on ADSL or cable modems - and I'll post them to the List.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > James C. "Jim" Lynch
> >
> > CanDoo Creative Concepts, CanDoo Creative Publishing
> > -==- Your business could GO on the Net here ! -==-
> > http://www.candoo.com/signature.html
> > http://www.candoo.com/clients.htm
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