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Posted by Robert Redelmeier on September 12, 2007, 8:36 am
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In comp.dcom.xdsl virgmob007@netscape.net wrote in part:
> Surely one of the best reasons for having a dial-up account
> is that your computer is less likely to be attacked by "evil
> hackers", since with broadband your computer is connected
> to the internet all the time. Even if dial-up is slower,
> that is relatively unimportant
Dial-up is definitely _not_ any more secure than broadband.
"evil hackers" very seldom target any specific machine. They
launch worms and trojans that attack machines indiscriminately
and cannot tell dial-up from broadband.
Dial-up may be less valuable to a botnet, but it is also
easier to attack since it very seldom is protected by a
hardware firewall/router, usually is less secure [patched]
and usually has unsophisticated users.
-- Robert
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