From: "Geo." 

"Mike N."  wrote in message
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>    I agree that connecting a virgin machine (windows or *ix) directly to
the internet will
> get you hosed.   So far I have been working from a very small network
where the other PCs
> are not hosed.   Since it's NATted and has firewall rules, the worms don't
cross into the
> LAN.

Good idea, I hadn't considered setting up a small natted segment (being an
ISP affects you in ways you never realize) but that would work quite well
for installing and windowsupdateing.

Geo.

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