Re: BSD Sockets > 1024
Re: BSD Sockets > 1024
- Subject: Re: BSD Sockets > 1024
- From: Ian Lister <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 21:54:25 +1000 (EST)
On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Robert Kuilman wrote:
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Okay, i checked it out, i was my internet firewall, but now, the
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question that raises to me is,
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should i not be able to open a port no matter what the firewalling
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software thinks ?
No. The firewall should be able to restrict traffic no matter what the
user application thinks.
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Now, i will have to ask the users that have the firewall running, to
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shut it don, or add a port that may remain open.
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I think not many users are wilig to do that. because it's ''techy
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computer stuff''
Don't go trying to automatically bypass users' firewalls. They exist for a
reason, and users or admins have likely enabled them for a reason.
Ian
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