Have him visit http://www.dslreports.com/secureme If you want to give him a good dose of FUD send him to: http://grc.com/default.htm At 01:04 PM 9/14/01, you wrote: >I have a friend who has dared me to get into his computer. He is running >a cable modem in Woodbury. I don't know which ISP. After boasting about >all the benefits of this great high speed connection, I asked if he ran >any kind of firewall. He told me that indeed, one was not necessary. His >ISP told him he was covered. He also runs no kind of antivirus >software. I told him "you're nuts", he told me "I double dog dare you to >hack me". Alas, I have zero experience in this area, but I would love to >prove a point. Any suggestions? Please, nothing too cruel. > >_______________________________________________ >tclug-list mailing list >tclug-list at mn-linux.org >https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list