Steve:

Thanks for this info.  It is somewhat comforting, and very informative.

I don't do a lot on the internet, other than e-mail and some occasional web
surfing and downloading, but I just want to be sure i am protected
reasonably well here.

What is the software firewall you use?

Just curious.

Thanks, and best 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 2:32 PM
Subject: Re: speech and the internet


> Tom,
>
> You don't necessarily need a firewall, as your Linksys router probably has
a
> hardware firewall built in.
>
> Having said that, I do have a software firewall in addition to the
firewall in
> my DLink router.  I do this because I don't trust the router to keep ports
> closed when not in use.
>
> AdAware is not a firewall program.  AdAware is a program which scans for,
and
> hopefully, removes spyware which already exists on your computer.  There
are
> also spyguard programs which function differently than AdAware in that
their
> function is to prevent you from getting spyware in the first place.  In
other
> words, they are proactive.
>
> HTH,
> Steve, K8SP