The are different tests on the internet that will tell you where your system is vulnerable. Symantec has one I have used and I have used others but cannot remember what sites they came from. I have a router because the Airport Base Station did not work with a VPN client I had to use. I thought I would be vulnerable but that is not the case. On 1/8/03 8:04 PM, "ro shriver" <ropho at yahoo.com> wrote: > ok, so what I am understanding from this is that if we > have a router, there will automatically be a firewall? > And this firewall will protect from hackers out on the > net, as well as from that pc? :) >