On Mon, 02 May 2005 18:32:15 GMT, "Jim Hampton"
wrote:


"mopathetic is STILL a chickenboy, won't say where he is camping"
wrote in message
roups.com...
uhhh, no. Who needs a firewall?


*Everyone* should have a firewall. If you aren't set up as invisible, your
machine will respond to pinging.

If I have a router in between you won't see my PC, firewall or not.
My router doesn't broadcast my local machine address's.


Your machine is vulnerable without a firewall, *especially* if you are on
broadband. Regardless, even a dial-up should have a good firewall as well
as an anti-virus program running at all times whilst on the Internet. It is
also a good idea to have an anti-spyware program as well.

A dialup is one of the biggest cases where you need a firewall.
Almost all dialups are directly to the internet. Your local PC IP
address is your dialup internet address.


Do a google search and see what you turn up.


73 from Rochester, NY
Jim