Index: Bindings.py
===================================================================
--- Bindings.py	(revision 50822)
+++ Bindings.py	(working copy)
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
    ]),
  ('help', [
    ('_About IDLE', '<<about-idle>>'),
+   ('_Firewall Warnings', '<<about-firewalls>>'),
    None,
    ('_IDLE Help', '<<help>>'),
    ('Python _Docs', '<<python-docs>>'),
Index: EditorWindow.py
===================================================================
--- EditorWindow.py	(revision 50822)
+++ EditorWindow.py	(working copy)
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@
         text.bind("<<help>>", self.help_dialog)
         text.bind("<<python-docs>>", self.python_docs)
         text.bind("<<about-idle>>", self.about_dialog)
+        text.bind("<<about-firewalls>>", self.about_firewalls_dialog)
         text.bind("<<open-config-dialog>>", self.config_dialog)
         text.bind("<<open-module>>", self.open_module)
         text.bind("<<do-nothing>>", lambda event: "break")
@@ -387,6 +388,18 @@
     def about_dialog(self, event=None):
         aboutDialog.AboutDialog(self.top,'About IDLE')
 
+    def about_firewalls_dialog(self, event=None):
+        firewall_message = (
+        "Personal firewall software may warn about the connection IDLE "
+        "makes to its subprocess using this computer's internal loopback "
+        "interface.  This connection is not visible on any external "
+        "interface and no data is sent to or received from the Internet."
+        )
+
+        tkMessageBox.showinfo('Firewall Warnings',
+                              firewall_message,
+                              parent=self.text)
+
     def config_dialog(self, event=None):
         configDialog.ConfigDialog(self.top,'Settings')
 
Index: PyShell.py
===================================================================
--- PyShell.py	(revision 50822)
+++ PyShell.py	(working copy)
@@ -958,15 +958,6 @@
     COPYRIGHT = \
           'Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information.'
 
-    firewallmessage = """
-    ****************************************************************
-    Personal firewall software may warn about the connection IDLE
-    makes to its subprocess using this computer's internal loopback
-    interface.  This connection is not visible on any external
-    interface and no data is sent to or received from the Internet.
-    ****************************************************************
-    """
-
     def begin(self):
         self.resetoutput()
         if use_subprocess:
@@ -977,9 +968,9 @@
                 return False
         else:
             nosub = "==== No Subprocess ===="
-        self.write("Python %s on %s\n%s\n%s\nIDLE %s      %s\n" %
+        self.write("Python %s on %s\n%s\nIDLE %s      %s\n" %
                    (sys.version, sys.platform, self.COPYRIGHT,
-                    self.firewallmessage, idlever.IDLE_VERSION, nosub))
+                    idlever.IDLE_VERSION, nosub))
         self.showprompt()
         import Tkinter
         Tkinter._default_root = None # 03Jan04 KBK What's this?