All, Is there anything I need to do to protect my computer's DSL service from being used by someone outside my home? I do not have a wireless/ airport type set-up... just a regular BellSouth high speed DSL conection.
There's a kid in our neighborhood who is lurking outside some of my neighbor's houses to use their internet on his laptop... I've seen him by two of my neighbor's houses, and that's what he says he's doing. He told me he didn't think they'd mind. (Of course, they're not home at the time.) He sat out in front of my next-door neighbor's for several hours on Monday. She doesn't have a wireless set-up, either... perhaps he was really tapping into the folks across the street's system? If he or someone else can access my internet, what are the dangers to my system? I don't know how skilled he is. If he did anything illegal using my connection, or if his computer had a virus, or whatever... what could happen? Would you report him to anyone... and, if so, who? Anyone know about this stuff? Mike | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
