[dba-Tech] Software Firewalls

I keep my system free of spyware and viruses, but I haven't done a
complete re-install in about 3 years, now this holiday season I moved
OSs up to XP sp2, I was surprised on how fast it runs on my hardware
(an ol' amd2000 XP).  so far I have no complaints.

some of the things I'm looking forward to in a new rig will be

AMD64 (possibly opteron to be exact, i'd love to bite into the
multiprocessor market :)) SATA drives, and of course USB2 cuz I'm
still running 1.1



On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 09:38:41 -0500, Mitsules, Mark <Mark.Mitsules at ngc.com> wrote:
> Bryan,
> 
> How often do you "clean house"?  Since I'm heavily into gaming/video & audio
> codecs/demos/beta drivers/etc.  I usually start to think about a fresh
> install at around the 7-10 month mark.  At that point I usually buy a new
> hard drive and start all over.  I keep all my old drives...just in case;)  I
> upgrade my video card about every 18 months, my CPU about every 18-24
> months, and am averaging a new complete system about every 4 years.  I just
> finished assembling my newest rig over the holidays, but since we were out
> of town for most of the time, I haven't had a chance to load the OS yet.  I
> must admit that I went just about all-out this time...it is definitely
> worthy of boutique status.  If anyone is interested in the gory details,
> I'll post the components.
> 
> 
> Mark
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bryan Carbonnell [mailto:carbonnb at gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 9:21 AM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Software Firewalls
> 
> On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 08:53:57 -0500, Mitsules, Mark <Mark.Mitsules at ngc.com>
> wrote:
> > Glad to see it worked out Bryan...but I must admit I hate the thought that
> > my favorite firewall might be vulnerable in some way.
> 
> I don't think it's vulnerable. I think it's my box. I've been thinking
> that it needs to be cleaned up extensively (Like a reformat and
> reinstall) and this is just another confirmation of what I've been
> thinking.
> 
> --
> Bryan Carbonnell - carbonnb at gmail.com
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> preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out,
> shouting "What a great ride!"
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