OK, in that case, if you're scanning your system regularly for malware, you're probably fine.
I'm not sure how much you know about Internet Protocol (IP), but briefly: NAT (Network Address Translation) is a technology that allows more than one computer to share a single IP address (e.g., if you have a family of five, all with their own computers, you can use NAT to share your cable Internet connection with all of them).
Although it wasn't NAT's primary purpose, one of the fringe benefits is that it makes your computer quite a bit more difficult for hackers to break into. That's why I was asking. :-)
Your own scanning volume is quite low, by the way. Occasionally I check the logs in my firewall, and on average, I probably get a few dozen intrusion attempts per minute. Fortunately, my own security measures are pretty tight... I'm using a fully-stealthed firewall, NAT, and the latest version of OS X, fully patched. Anyone who wants to compromise my notebook would be better off trying to steal it than to hack into it.
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Date: 2005-01-06 09:38 pm (UTC)I'm not sure how much you know about Internet Protocol (IP), but briefly: NAT (Network Address Translation) is a technology that allows more than one computer to share a single IP address (e.g., if you have a family of five, all with their own computers, you can use NAT to share your cable Internet connection with all of them).
Although it wasn't NAT's primary purpose, one of the fringe benefits is that it makes your computer quite a bit more difficult for hackers to break into. That's why I was asking. :-)
Your own scanning volume is quite low, by the way. Occasionally I check the logs in my firewall, and on average, I probably get a few dozen intrusion attempts per minute. Fortunately, my own security measures are pretty tight... I'm using a fully-stealthed firewall, NAT, and the latest version of OS X, fully patched. Anyone who wants to compromise my notebook would be better off trying to steal it than to hack into it.
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Date: 2005-01-06 09:40 pm (UTC)Your own scanning volume is quite low, by the way.
That probably explains why I haven't had any problems. I didn't even run virus scans until relatively recently, I thought they were a bother.