Re: Easy but good recomended firewall prgm for use with Intel "Anypoint" network phoneline adaptor?

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From: Poleclimber
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 00:00

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"Alex F. Evonosky" <alexevon@alexevon.com> wrote in message
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| wrong,
|
| a _true_ firewall  segments a public network with a private network
through NAT
| or PNAT, not an application such as BID that resides in the taskbar.  They
| market it as a firewall, but in all terminology its not, just a basic port
| listener that opens all your ports and listens for incoming SYN_PKTsS.
|
| Look at the code, you'll see.
|
| Read before you post!
|
| /Alex
|


WRONG

A port listener will only open ports and listen, not do anything....  BID
will block so called attacks. Now I never said BID is a firewall. So maybe
you should put on your glasses old man and read carefully what I said. It is
what I said, an intrusion detection system.



James

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From: "Poleclimber" <{Poleclimber}@{Bigfoot.com}>
Subject: Re: Easy but good recomended firewall prgm for use with Intel "Anypoint" network phoneline adaptor?
Date: 2000/04/30
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