On 27 Oct 2002, Alan L Tyree wrote: > This is not a linux only question, but I have been trying to get on top > of security problems. > > There was a commercial "alert" at a website I was visiting. It said that > my PC was broadcasting my internet address. It took me to a site selling > a windows product called Internet Alert.
I think you have the clue here. > > I thought that my address was always visible to websites that I visited > - how else can it send back information? > > Is this just one of the scare tactics that seem to be prevalent? > -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people Contact detail at http://www.lannetlinux.com "Flatter government, not fatter government." - me Get rid of the Australian states. ------------------------------------------ If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug