New on cable. Bash prompt name changed?

[Bruno Wolff III]

On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 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?

The cable/DSL modem can be used to sniff your local traffic.