>thank you so much Chris. How does one connect directly to the >Internet? I go through an ISP here with my dial up modem.
What it means is, is there anything between your computer, and the ISP connection that filters the internet traffic. If you dialup to the ISP with your modem, you are connected directly to the internet. I wouldn't worry about protecting yourself with a firewall if you are using a dialup connection. That is, if you are running a Mac. The chances of being hacked over dialup decrease dramatically because your computer isn't online at the same IP address long enough to be an effective target. Add to that the limited chance that your Mac would be hacked in the first place, and you have basically brought your chances down to zero (this could change in the future with OS X). If you run Windows over dialup, you still better run some kind of a software firewall on the machine. If you connected even via dialup with a windows machine to the internet without any kind of security software, chances are pretty good your machine is already compromised. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net> ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
