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Happy Samhain!

This is a holiday that is very special to me, as my last name derives from the same word as the name of the holiday!

a friend in Charlotte area, Michelle, send me an e-card, and it has this wonderful little flash thingie of Loreena McKennitt's "All Souls Night"...which I am passing along!

http://dingo.care-mail.com/cards/flash/5409/samhain.swf

ttyl

New exploit allows crackers to disable firewalls on Windows XP systems!

"Hackers have published code that could let an attacker disable the Windows Firewall on certain Windows XP machines.

The code, which was posted on the Internet early Sunday morning, could be used to disable the Windows Firewall on a fully patched Windows XP PC that was running Windows' Internet Connection Service (ICS). This service allows Windows users to essentially turn their PC into a router and share their Internet connection with other computers on the local area network (LAN.) It is typically used by home and small-business users. "

from article here: http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/10/30/HNwindowsfirewall_1.html