>Next month we will be replacing our 10 individual dialup accounts with an always on connection through a satellite receiver – DirecPC. This will be connected to a computer via USB and currently has Win ’98 installed, but could be upgraded to Win2K. This computer will be a node on our NT (TCP/IP) network. Multiple network users will have access to this connection. We currently have Norton Antivirus installed on all workstations with dialup access.
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>What is the best way to secure this connection and our network from a virus, hackers, etc?

To protect against hackers, look at Zone Alarm (www.zonealarm.com)