On 08/08/2009 05:29 AM, Dale wrote:
I had thought about picking up a Linksys router and putting it between my desktop and the modem.
Your modem is probably a router anyway.
I also plan to change my root password. Of course, my password isn't as bad as some I have seen. May need to disable any type of remote access too.
root login is disabled by default. Even if someone knew the password, login is impossible :)
Furthermore, right now you're accessing the internet without any form of protection anyway. If you're with dial-up, that means you're connected directly to the internet. And don't forget this is Linux, not Windows. Even without a firewall, remote break-in is highly improbable, especially since you're not running any Apache or MySQL servers on your machine (at least I assume you don't.)
