Re: FN-FORUM Firewalls

date posted 18th July 2001 14:44

Jeremy

Sorry if I'm preaching to the converted but a lot of warnings throw up by
firewalls tend to be false alarms. I know when I first installed Zone Alarm
it was giving alarms at about 5 an hour. A lot of the time it's something
innocent. I tend to ignore individual warnings.

Norman


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeremy Bassett" [EMAIL REMOVED]
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Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 2:15 PM
Subject: RE: FN-FORUM Firewalls


> Thanks Matt
>
> Interesting about IIS as I use this and was not aware that this was
vunerable. When I get another PC I shall sort the problem out and have the
firewall IN BETWEEN my 2000 Server and the connection.
>
> I am completely surprised at how many times I have been attacked. There
has been no damage as yet, but I supppose there is a chance of someone
issuing a "format c:" command.
>
> I want to give these ppl some grief through e-mail or whatever, but I am
always wary that I might be abusing the worng person by ising NeoTrace type
software.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jeremy Bassett
>
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