I wouldn't say paranoid. At home, aside from the Cable/DSL Router with a NAT, each machine, including the iBook, has a firewall, and the wireless access point uses 256 bit WEP and accepts only the iBook's MAC address. Not too secure but possibly barely adequately secure.
larry At 04:18 PM 3/4/2003 -0500, you wrote: >paranoid much? lol > >-----Original Message----- >From: Ben Braver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 4:06 PM >To: CF-Community >Subject: Re: Hello Again! > > >Larry- > >Actually, have 3 firewalls at the moment: >BlackIce, McAfee, and the NetGear FM114P ProSafe Wireless Firewall (also >router, print server, coffee maker <g>) > >-Ben > > >At 02:18 PM 3/4/03 -0800, you wrote: > >Ben, > > > >You may want to read this article by Steve Gibson of GRC about how > >effective a firewall BlackIce really is. After that you may want to > >download something a bit more effective. > > > >larry > > > >At 01:29 PM 3/4/2003 -0400, you wrote: > >>Hatton- > >> > >>OUCH! > >>Oooooh, so sorry to hear that. > >> > >>Gee, I've had BlackIce for quite a while, and it's never harmed me - just > >>quietly logs attempted hacks <g>. > >> > >>Hope your recovery goes well. > >> > >>Gee, we both have new "internal jewelery" - you plates and pins, I a >stent. > >>Would have gladly settled for something external ;-) > >> > >>-Ben > >> > >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
