Well, Clinton Hammond, when you pay for her computer and plan to keep it running for the next four years, then you may consider approaching her on the subject. Until then, no thanks.

Leaving a computer sitting wide open and unattended with the firewall and the Internet security off on DSL is an invitation to trouble, even with a router in between. You've just been lucky. Unless someone can give me a lucid, well-considered reason for leaving it safely in that state, I'll continue to insist that she practice safe computing.

SRS