On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 20:05:47 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:

The military and major corporations have had
secure communications systems for years (although perhaps not via the
Internet) and they are reliable and foolproof.

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The appeal of the internet, and its curse, lies in universal
connectivity. If your PC has an IP address when you are connected,
anyone else with an IP can reach out and bonk you. The firewall is
there to decide friend or foe.