Hiya John,
John Block wrote the following about [netconnect] Re: Genesis - protection:
> > There is little point in having a firewall on the same computer as you
> > are trying to protect. In order to provide any real level of
> > protection the firewall has to be external,
>
> For regular people dialing up over an isp, randomly given an ip and
> spending maximum 1 hour online, particularly running an amiga rather then
> pc software, does all this matter?
In theory, no. It shouldn't matter at all. Especially if you avoid
IRC, or anything else which publicises your IP address.
> I have occasionally noticed modem lights blinking when I was unaware of
> doing anything and hit the modem's off button.
When you were online or offline? If you were online, it could just be
your ISP doing an "are you awake?" ping. The default settings of
Genesis don't leave much for an outsider to get a handle on, and
they'd be looking for NetBios (Windows Networking) ports being open
probably.
I'd say you were in a very low risk group, though. These days, most
Amiga users are.
Totty <8^)
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Totty has an Amiga A1200, with 68060/50 and 603e/200 PPC.
32Mb RAM. 8x ATAPI CD. 1.7Gb HD. ShapeShifter V3.10 + OS 7.5.5
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