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I suspect that Mother's Day has been Pam's only recent day of rest (and I can't swear to that!), so this is another web only issue of Short Break.

Pam's Real Estate business seems to be thriving, and as is the case in all business ventures, growth is generally regarded as a good thing. If you or someone you know is planning a move, from anywhere, to anywhere, be sure to take advantage of the excellent, free service she has to offer; contact information is at the bottom of this page.

Speaking of free, ZoneAlarm's personal firewall has been discussed in this space before. If you have not availed yourself of this online security aid, please consider doing so. What follows is just a snippet of my online life, while using this invaluable tool.

To: Office of The Provost
    Brown University

   Below, please find a copy of my firewall incident log, and the
resulting trace, which indicates a computer connected to your server was
used in an attempt to breach my local security.
   I have no association with anyone at your institution, and I am quite
geographically removed. I can think of no non-malicious reason for this
attempt to have been made. Your assistance in having such attempts cease
is greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,
Webmaster@dickedwards.com
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The firewall has blocked Internet access to your computer (NetBIOS Name)
from 128.148.218.95 (NetBIOS Name).

Time: 07/31/2000 22:38:20
C:\WINDOWS>tracert 128.148.218.95

Tracing route to bootp-95.wayland.brown.edu [128.148.218.95]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1   219 ms   209 ms   229 ms  srv9-2-15.atln.bd.ans.net
[207.205.244.127]
  2   230 ms   299 ms   209 ms  core-atln1-fe2/0.grid.net
[206.80.171.252]
  3   225 ms   198 ms   199 ms  peer-atl-uunet-fddi.grid.net
[206.80.190.201]
  4   209 ms   199 ms   198 ms  104.atm4-0.xr1.atl1.alter.net
[146.188.232.50]
  5   213 ms   199 ms   199 ms  195.at-1-1-0.tr1.atl5.alter.net
[152.63.81.22]
  6   242 ms   249 ms   249 ms  129.at-6-0-0.TR1.NYC8.ALTER.NET
[152.63.0.162]
  7   211 ms   238 ms   249 ms  185.ATM6-0.XR1.NYC4.ALTER.NET
[152.63.21.89]
  8   216 ms   239 ms   248 ms  189.ATM6-0.GW9.NYC4.ALTER.NET
[152.63.21.201]
  9   216 ms   219 ms   229 ms  brownT3-gw.customer.alter.net
[157.130.30.250]
 10   243 ms   249 ms   219 ms  138.16.1.46
 11   221 ms   237 ms   249 ms  128.148.130.5
 12   226 ms   237 ms   249 ms  bootp-95.wayland.brown.edu
[128.148.218.95]

Trace complete.
The firewall has blocked Internet access to your computer (NetBIOS Name)
from 128.148.218.95 (NetBIOS Name).

Time: 07/31/2000 22:38:20

Thanks to all of this issue's contributors, including Pam, Synnoveah and Wa4u! This has been a fun edition to put together. Do indulge in the original spirit of the web, poking around and clicking as you go. Our links and banners will take you to sites both useful and fun; and they're sometimes in the darndest places, so don't hesitate to "mouseover" anything that strikes you...and even though the lafore.com Random Links page(see drop-down, above) hasn't had a new entry in some time, the links there are as random and enjoyable as ever! SB may be the last site linked to this otherwise orphaned page, so give it a hit, while you can!

Finally, we'd lo%^&*_...acckkkk....home networks are cool, but it is really strange to have someone fire up the printer next to me, from the other end of the house!

Finally, you are encouraged to share SB with all you know, contribute all you care to, and offer feedback whenever you can.

Enjoy your Short Break,
Dick!

  
     Pamela K. Faucher
   Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
~ Planet Earth ~ Without Borders ~ 

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