That's the interesting thing about my technique - I don't. I don't run a firewall, I don't even run a virus scanner. I keep reasonably up to date and make backups less frequently than I should, but still somewhat often.
The way I figure it, there are two people who could possibly attack me. There are the ones who get off on hurting people's computers, and they'll be using old techniques and just blitzing everything. I don't care about them because I add the latest patches once in a while. This also counts things like email viruses - it's not personal, I'm just getting crossfire. Luckily the people who have my email by and large don't get taken in by viruses. So I get them rarely at most.
The other kind of people are the ones with personal grudges against me, and they'll be probing my system and using the newest and best attacks. To put it simply, the amount of protection I'd need to shield against these people is enormous. And not worth it. Especially since I don't think there *are* any.
So I don't bother with the whole protection thing. I've seen people's virus scanners cause problems with games, I've seen people be unable to figure out what's wrong with their firewall cutting off their connections . . . and ya know, that just isn't a hassle I want to deal with.
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The way I figure it, there are two people who could possibly attack me. There are the ones who get off on hurting people's computers, and they'll be using old techniques and just blitzing everything. I don't care about them because I add the latest patches once in a while. This also counts things like email viruses - it's not personal, I'm just getting crossfire. Luckily the people who have my email by and large don't get taken in by viruses. So I get them rarely at most.
The other kind of people are the ones with personal grudges against me, and they'll be probing my system and using the newest and best attacks. To put it simply, the amount of protection I'd need to shield against these people is enormous. And not worth it. Especially since I don't think there *are* any.
So I don't bother with the whole protection thing. I've seen people's virus scanners cause problems with games, I've seen people be unable to figure out what's wrong with their firewall cutting off their connections . . . and ya know, that just isn't a hassle I want to deal with.
So I don't. :)