[OM] Re: OT - firewire

[Jan Steinman]

> From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Bob Whitmire wrote:
>> According to this site, my Mac Pro tower does not exist. I am happy
>> to know that.
>>
> Yup, my Windoze box is also non-existent.
>
> I tried to find a way for it to probe for Andrew, but couldn't find  
> it. So his existence or lack of same is still unknown.


Andrew, send me you IP address (probably best done via private email)  
and I'll scan it for you. You can get it from:
        Apple --> System Preferences... --> Network

Another good tool for the paranoid is Little Snitch 
(http://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html 
). This is a "reverse firewall."

In other words, most firewall software is concerned about incoming  
connections. Little Snitch reports whenever your computer initiates an  
outbound connection. This would happen (for example) if you got a  
zombie virus and it was phoning home for instructions. It's also  
useful for finding out when various software you've purposely  
installed "phones home" for instructions from the mother ship. Adobe  
apps are particularly handy at this sort of crap.

:::: God is a comedian playing to an audience too terrified to laugh.  
-- Voltaire ::::
:::: Jan Steinman http://www.VeggieVanGogh.com ::::



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