OT (sort-of): Linux used to virus-check Windoze computers? (was Re: LiveCD list)

[Jason Clinton]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Leo J Mauler wrote:

| I was over at a friend's house a few days ago, trying to figure out why
| his Internet connection (TimeWarner RoadRunner cable modem, Ethernet
| connection, WinXP Home, Internet Explorer 6) suddenly would break from
| time to time.

I have been fighting that exact problem with TWC since I moved in to my
new house. The TWC techs were never able to find a cause and eventually
it just stopped dropping off. I assume that they got enough complaints
that they sent someone out to diagnose the node.

I set up ethereal to watch the connection and was able to show that ARP
packets continued to be transfered to the system but upstream
communication was completely non-functional. A DHCP request would reset
it, usually.

It only breaks about once a week, now.

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (MingW32)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

iD8DBQFAOmk2tSqjk42zvwkRAvSPAJ4h8+zDv5wW5jLwMBjcGLRDY8cJjQCgrI/k
uuD1CBQI/ua9+yXuzs3ya2s=
=BqsC
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----