[Rhodes22-list] Another Computer Question

[michael meltzer]

Forgetabout it, the base mac OS is FreeBsd(is is also
the same OS that is used to build firewalls), I sure
they are setting up the firewall for you.

MJM 

--- Slim <salm at mn.rr.com> wrote:

> Sheeeesh!  Now I'm all confused.  What does a
> firewall block that I might
> not want it to?
> 
> Sorry so dumb,
> Slim
> 
> On 9/12/05 2:02 PM, "Bill Effros" <bill at effros.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > My neighbor has a Mac.  The firewalls sometimes
> block out things people
> > want to come in, so they take them down.
> > 
> > Bill Effros
> > 
> > Slim wrote:
> > 
> >> Bill,
> >> 
> >> I take it that your neighbor does not have a
> firewall.  I think all the
> >> newish Macs come with firewalls if I'm not
> mistaken.
> >> 
> >> Slim
> >> 
> >> On 9/12/05 12:19 PM, "Bill Effros"
> <bill at effros.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >>  
> >> 
> >>> Slim,
> >>> 
> >>> You can use any open hot spot.  Some you have to
> pay for, others you
> >>> don't.  Your computer will tell you when you've
> got one.  There are
> >>> little hand held detectors that also work.  My
> wife has discovered she
> >>> gets a better signal from our neighbor's wifi
> than she gets from ours,
> >>> and frequently she goes out over their system. 
> They don't know.  I have
> >>> the ability to screw around with their computer,
> should I ever choose to
> >>> do so--this is one of the dangers of WiFi.  You
> must protect your own
> >>> system.
> >>> 
> >>> Next new word:  "Firewall" -- Definition to come
> from others.
> >>> 
> >>> Bill Effros
> >>> 
> >>> Slim wrote:
> >>> 
> >>>    
> >>> 
> >>>> Thanks to all for your help.  For WiFi, I take
> it I need to be in a "hot
> >>>> spot" like a Starbucks or something.  Do they
> (Starbucks) charge for that?
> >>>> Are most airports and hotels (including Canada)
> in hot spots?  How about my
> >>>> home in Minneapolis?  How does one go about
> finding these hot spots?
> >>>> 
> >>>> Slim
> >>>> 
> >>>> On 9/11/05 12:41 PM, "Jim Bunnell"
> <jbunnell at mac.com> wrote:
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>>      
> >>>> 
> >>>>> Slim
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> No one has asked your travel plans. If you
> stay mainly in the States
> >>>>> at motels and hotels, I think you'll find
> broadband internet access
> >>>>> common, and more often than not, wireless. It
> doesn't matter at all
> >>>>> if you are Apple or Windows; wireless
> standards are the same for
> >>>>> both. I travel with a Powerbook, and normally
> I just open it and it
> >>>>> asks if I want to connect to the hotel
> network. If it is wired, then
> >>>>> it is more work, I have to plug in the
> ethernet wire first. :) I
> >>>>> would stay with the platform you are familiar
> with - and besides, it
> >>>>> seems that most of the "Windows first"
> programs I hear about are
> >>>>> viruses or other malware.
> >>>>> On Sep 10, 2005, at 9:52 PM, Slim wrote:
> >>>>> 
> >>>>>   
> >>>>> 
> >>>>>        
> >>>>> 
> >>>>>> I have a question too.  (Slim raising his
> hand.)
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> I expect to be traveling more in the near
> future and I figger I
> >>>>>> oughtta get
> >>>>>> me one of them there whachacall laptops. 
> First of all, I'm
> >>>>>> strictly a Mac
> >>>>>> guy.  But I don't know anything about Wi Fi
> or whatever it's
> >>>>>> called.  Or Air
> >>>>>> Port.  Or is it easier to just plug in
> somewhere.
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> Can somebody explain this to me using small
> words?  What are my
> >>>>>> options/limitations, costs, etc.?
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> Slim
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>>
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