On Nov 3, 2008, at 8:16 AM, billycar_G3-5 wrote:
> > Dan, > > When I suppled this (or other) information above, publicly, did I > compromise my Mac's security? > > Thanks, No, not at all, That is simply routing information from the Internet side of your router to the rest of the world. Your Mac is 'hidden' behind that router. I have hidden in quotes, the function of NAT is not to hide an internal network, but to map external network connections to a non- routed internal network, but the effect is the same. Anything on your side of your DSL router isn't reachable from the outside; your computer has to go out and make the connection. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
