On Thursday 08 November 2018 12:37:42 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Thursday, November 08, 2018 09:53:24 AM Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > > I got... *sigh*... hacked/cracked two weekends ago. "That other > > operating system" that has been running as my dialup modem via a > > networked laptop. Could have come from outside the country, but I'm > > leaning toward +1 more that it has roots right outside my front > > door. > > I don't have any comment on the rest of your post, but (and I'm > frantically knocking on wood as I write this), I don't think I've ever > been hacked in the 33+ years I've been connected to the Internet or > predecessor online systems. > > What I use is a router with NAT between the modem (of whatever flavor) > and any of my systems. Back in the day, I had to do some gymnastics > to play some games -- I don't know if that is still an issue, but, to > the greatest extent possible, I recommend that everyone consider a > router with NAT between their computers and the Internet. > > (And, as I close, Just knocking on wood a few more times... ;-)
Been doing that for nearly 20 years, using dd-wrt, I see them knocking on the door, quite a few times a second at times. Only one got in, and I had to give him the login/pw combos to do it as I needed help. Not another in nearly 2 decades. I no longer watch the logs, too boring. -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>