On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 21:06, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Monday 20 Jan 2003 2:11 am, Trevor Rhodes wrote: > > Then how would that equate to them telling me I had a score of 0 which is > > perfect? Is my security better than perfect or they don't want my > > business. hehe > > > > Trust? Who can I trust? I'm liable to pick the wrong person. Story of my > > life. > > The only time I tried an on-line checker it kept telling me that it could see > my IP, but the address returned was my router/firewall. Nothing else was > returned, so I stopped worrying. > > Anne
I get really happy (or smug) when they can only tell me my OUTSIDE IP - the one that is given by the DHCP server connected to the dialup modem...and that it can't tell me anything else (not even my browser or OS)...then you can at least sit back with some comfort... -- Tue Jan 21 06:20:00 EST 2003 6:20am up 4 days, 16:03, 6 users, load average: 0.46, 0.21, 0.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------ | __ __ | kuhn media australia | | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=================================| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ |"""""""""| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |'. `\ | | | icq: 5483808 | | ;"""/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.-------.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 | | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | ------------------------------------------------------------------ linux user:267497 * RH 8.0 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting ------------------------------------------------------------------ Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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