Looking for ISP, again

[Taavi Burns]

On 8/11/05, Ian Zimmerman <nobrowser-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Now considering Rogers ...
> 
> Can Rogers customers here comment on this part of their web site
> (http://www.shoprogers.com/Store/Cable/InternetContent/information.asp):
> 
> >>
> Security
> Enjoy peace of mind with email virus and SPAM protection, desktop
> anti-virus, pop-up blocker, anti-spyware, parental controls and
> firewall protection. They all work together to help keep your Internet
> experience worry free.
> <<
> 
> Obviously most or all of this is undesirable.  So:
> is it on by default?

I'm fairly certain that all of those features are not suppored under
Linux, OSX, and pretty much anything else that didn't recently come
from Redmond.  :)

> if yes, can it be disabled from Linux (and without Flash or other web
> abuse plugins)?

As I'm pretty sure it's impossible to enable them from Linux, I
wouldn't worry about it.

(I don't worry about it; I haven't a single Windows box on my network,
and so far the only thing impediment to full 'net access is the whole
port 25 business which I worked around long ago because I kept getting
mail rejected due to blacklists on Rogers' dynamic IP pool)


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