New on cable. Bash prompt name changed?

[Christofer C. Bell]

On 12 Apr 2006 18:01:56 +0200, Ingemar Nilsson <init at pdc.kth.se> wrote:
> Bruno Wolff III <bruno at wolff.to> writes:
>
> > "Bill Polhemus" <bill at polhemus.cc> writes:
> >
> > > For the life of me, I do not understand why anyone would hook their
> > > computer up directly to the cable (or dsl) modem rather than through a NAT
> > > router.
> >
> > Some people trust the software running on their computers more than the
> > software running on a cable modem. Personally, I would never let a cable
> > modem connect directly to my internal network. I would always want a computer
> > I controlled acting as a firewall between it and my network.
>
> If I have no running services with ports open to the network, what's the
> real difference? Okay, I understand about possible kernel bugs, but how big
> is this risk?

If you are not running anything listening to any ports, there is no
risk involved.

--
Chris

"I trust the Democrats to take away my money, which I can afford.  I
trust the Republicans to take away my freedom, which I cannot."