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A good Fire wall

If you only have 1 computer connected to the net, then ZoneAlarm or BlackIce might be enough. Any more than 1 and I'd put OpenBSD on an old 486 and use that as a firewall/router. OpenBSD is a very secure OS. Even in this scenario, a personal firewall like ZA or BI will be useful in preventing...
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- Post #37
- Feb 4, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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How should I partition my hard drive? 20GB

Here's my take on it. Start with 3 primary partions and one extended partion. You can have as many logical partitions in the extended partition as you want. Some OSes require a primary partition to install so it's wise to have as many of them as you can, i.e. 3. You never know, you might want...
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- Post #17
- Feb 4, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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What would you do in my position?

Wow, I didn't expect to get replies so quickly, and great advice too - cheers! How does this revised list sound for balance? Abit KT7A Raid, Athlon TB 800, 32Mb GeForce II MX DDR, regular PC133, 1024 Live!, 300W case = £484. I'm sticking with the raid version as I've seen a cpu/cooler/mobo...
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- Post #5
- Feb 4, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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What would you do in my position?

Hi, I'm thinking of upgrading my main PC - an ancient but functional K6 300 system. I'm kinda stuck in 3 minds: a) Budget Upgrade - Abit KT7A Raid, Duron 700, 256Mb PC133, 8Mb S3 Trio vid, Creative PCI 128 sound, 250W Athlon approved case = £355. b) Mid Upgrade - Abit KT7A Raid, Athlon 1GHz...
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- Feb 4, 2001
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- Forum: Computer Building

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A good Fire wall

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