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

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From: Alex F. Evonosky
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 00:00

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As I will not flame you since you apparently do not know a difference between a
port listener and a firewall..  Just another windows user that fell into the
trap of pure marketing endevours.  Dropping subject, hate to carry on w/ an
unarmed user.  ;)





On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, Poleclimber wrote:
>"Alex F. Evonosky" <alexevon@alexevon.com> wrote in message
>news:957070211.1381174735@news.prestige.net...
>| 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: Alex F. Evonosky <alexevon@alexevon.com>
Subject: Re: Easy but good recomended firewall prgm for use with Intel "Anypoint" network phoneline adaptor?
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