On 2/27/07, Gerry McFatridge <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> The only thing you  should worry about is making sure that your router
> is set up properly so that you have set your own login/password and are
> not using the default login/password. Use either WEP or WPA and set it
> so that your router name is not broadcast which will make it just a bit
> trickier for folks to even find your wireless router.


If you're using a properly set up WEP Key, others won't find your router....
it should have a 128 bit key.

If you are going
> to be the only person using your Airport router I suggest that you also
> set it so that it only allows a connection based on the MAC address of
> your pc. In this case the MAC address has nothing to do with your using
> a Mac - the MAC address is basically a unique network adress (kind of
> like a serial number)that will basically tell your router that you are
> who you say you are and not let anyone else connect to your router.


Bingo!

As far as a firewall on your Mac itself the builtin OS X firewall is all
> you need. Since almost all the spyware/malware/virii/etc. you are likely
> to come across is meant for the Windows crowd you really do not have to
> worry about "catching" something from a website or email.


And I think this is the issue... if you are running Parallels and  have a PC
Image of Windows on the Mac you can receive these spy/mal, etc "ware" on
that Parallels image, then you have to discard the image and re-install a
new image.... but will "Uncle Bill of Redmond" allow that, seeing as you've
already installed it once????? Does this become an issue of DRM, because the
licensed version of W-XP is loaded once and you're trying to re-load it?

Your tech rep may be right in regards to no viruses messing up OS X but
> that has not always been true for Macs. The very first computer virus I
> ever had to deal with was on my Mac SE back in the late 1980's. However,
> the Mac operating system then (System 6)was totally different from the
> operating system now so that is really an apple/oranges sort of
> comparison.


Ha ha ha... I get it  "Apples and Oranges" =)

If you do need to run some Windows app at some later date you can always
> worry about creating a partition for Bootcamp to do its thing then or
> you could just use Parallels Desktop to run Windows in a virtual window
> which would allow you to tun OS X and Windows at the same time (which is
> pretty cool - Bootcamp requires booting up in one or the other operating
> system).
>
> Enjoy your new system!!


But again, I'd have to ask, if you try to reload it, will it allow you to?

I'm doing my level best to avoid buying Paralleles and loading an instance
of W-XP on my MacBookPro so I don't have to deal with this personally, but
Hugh may be in a different "place" in his world.

Larry


-- 
Larry Medina
Danville, CA
RIM Professional since 1972

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