Quote Originally Posted by LORDBLiTZ
I was worried about this kinda **** before.I have friend who is a cop and he works in the cyber crimes unit.He said SOFTWARE firewalls cant stop ****.All software has back doors and bugs.He said if ur on cable or dsl its as easy as putting in the ** address of the computer and he can look at whatever he wants including the isp mail server.Dial up is a bit safer because you get a new ** each time you dial up.He said the best firewall is to use a router.A router is a hardware firewall and can't be bypassed.The bottom line he said,if mail is coming or going he can look at it no matter what.So if you have a BIG BUSINESS,get a laptop,pre paid cell phone and use a free dial up isp so you wont have to use ur real info.

BTW...The police have to inform you before they can do ****
Any type of firewall, software, or hardware is only truly effective if the person setting them up knows what they are doing. Hardware based firewalls are better then software based, but I've seen hardware based firewalls so poorly configured that you might as well be connected directly to the internet. A router and a firewall are two different things. A router, routes traffic, and exchanges routing information with other routers. Routers will also determine the best path for network traffic between any two hosts. There are different types of firewalls, but the most common type is one that preforms packet filtering. Packet filtering firewalls look at each packet entering or leaving the network and accepts or rejects it based on rules which you define. Your friend is wrong.. hardware firewalls can be bypassed. And dialup isn't more secure then cable or dsl, because all the same rules in the world of data still apply. Your friend can look at all the mail he wants, but if he has no idea where it really came from or who sent it, it won't do him much good. Email is one of the hardest things to track (think spam), because it is so easy to spoof where you are sending to and from. Bottom line is, use encryption if you are running a "business".

Peace,

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