On Sat, 28 May 2005 20:48:56 -0400, ALEXB wrote:


Thanks a lot, much appreciated. I have a ZoneAlarm. It probably guards the
ports jealously, I assume.

It seems to be doing the job. Any kind of firewall is better than none.
You do need to turn off your Ping (ICMP Echo) response however if you
don't need it. I was getting Pings back from your IP. Many network
programs won't even bother doing anything if they don't detect a host at
the given IP address. It helps to keep your system from being "molested"
on the Internet. Some people however deliberately leave their system open
a bit just so they can capture the IP's of potential intruders in a log
file. I feel sorry for the dumb-dumbs, intruders, who fall for that. They
get what's coming to them sooner or later if the owner of the system is a
good system hacker and ticked off about it. God help them, the dummy
intruders, cause they're going to need it.

Regards,

Leland C. Scott
KC8LDO