New on cable. Bash prompt name changed?

[Craig McLean]

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Christofer C. Bell wrote:
> 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.

If you are not running anything listening on any ports, why do you have
an internet connection?

C.
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