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Jerry, your OS X has a firewall built in. You can even access the settings for it in your network control panel.
Hans
On Jun 29, 2005, at 6:38 PM, Jerry Hey wrote:
Dale, is the firewall recommended even if I seldom leave the computer on if I am not working with it? If the browser and e-mail applications are not booted, can the computer still be penetrated? Jerry
On Wednesday, June 29, 2005, at 07:26 PM, Dale Rogers wrote:
Jerry,
I'd be surprised if you even had to work as hard at it as
Bill is suggesting. Hardly any company is making network
hardware that doesn't respond to an ordinary web browser.
All you need is the device's IP address to plug into
your location bar (e.g. http://192.168.1.1) and viola! you
are into the setup.
Also, I can't imagine having an "always on" connection to
the internet without a hardware firewall. I'm using a
Linksys unit that is totally transparent from my end but
isolates all six systems in my house from being probed from
without. A typical unit will only run about $40 - $60, and
the peace-of-mind is priceless.
Dale R.
COZY MkIV #1254
From: Bill Dube <bdube@al.noaa.gov>
Date: 2005/06/29 Wed PM 03:37:04 EDT
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Off topic-DSL hook up
At 01:27 PM 6/29/2005, you wrote:
Last month DSL finally came to my rural location. We immediately ordered
after being assured that there were no compatibility problems with Mac. OS
10. However, when the self install package arrived from Sprint no
Macintosh drivers were included. If anyone can offer guidance it would be
most appreciated. Sprint "technical" assistance is not very
sophisticated. My next step is to search Apple support to see if an
answer is out there. Fearing dial up forever, Jerry
Once it is set up, you can plug anything into the Ethernet port.
Borrow a windows laptop and set it up, then return the laptop.
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