> " it's hard to believe the number of people with open wifi systems! I run mine wide open, at home, and the ESSID is my street address. WEP keys can be cracked without much difficulty. If you turn the firewall on (Windows XP) you'll be fine, and nothing will protect you from yourself if you click on some program that is emailed to you, WEP, firewall, or not. Macs have all services turned off by default so they're basically fine if you do updates. I don't see any reason to close it. Yeah, my poor neighbors are getting a free ride. It's zero impact on me, and I'd pay for mine anyways. We're good neighbors in many ways and that always comes back to you. THe friends I was staying with in Santa Fe don't pay for it, and bum off the neighbors, who are far away. Reception sucks. I don't know why they put up with it. _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list