[ubuntu-uk] Checking to make sure you are safe...port checking etc.

[Jon Spriggs]

Just to explain why the ping test is probably in Shields-up, is that...

In times long-gone, and around about when Shields-Up was being created, many
people would be using Dial-up, and even getting a ping from an IP address in
a dial-up range would make you a fair target (as it was likely that would be
an unprotected host).

Nowdays, most people sit behind a router, if only because we want wifi or
have two-or-more PCs in the house, (or most likely, because the ISP got a
bulk load of cheap aDSL routers that weren't just modems) that it becomes
more convenient to have another device there which does it... and if that
also offers a little bit more protection at the same time... well, that's
useful :)

All the best,
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On 23 Apr 2010 18:01, "John Matthews" <jakewc2 at sky.com> wrote:

On 23/04/10 17:52, Colin Law wrote:
> On 23 April 2010 17:24, John Matthews<jakewc2 at sky.com> wrote:...
Hi Colin, thank you for pointing that out. I keep forgetting I have a
router, and things work differently with it. If I can connect to the
internet, I dont think about it, it is only when  it breaks, I remember.

John.

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