Re: pcAnywhere..thru firewall??

From: ThePsyko (thepsyko@itookmyprozac.com)
Date: 02/27/02 

From: ThePsyko <thepsyko@itookmyprozac.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 16:19:15 GMT

On 23 Feb 2002 in that fucked up hellhole known as
comp.security.firewalls, an identity claiming to be Patrick Farrell
spewed forth news:3C7888C1.AE994B4C@xnet.com:

> Version 10 lets you set that through the menu's. In fact you can
> define custom ports for each remote item.
>
>
>
> "John C. Ring, Jr." wrote:
>>
>> In article <W2sd8.8033$ZC3.646368@newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net>,
>> "Don Kelloway" <dkelloway@commodon.com> wrote:
>> >To allow this application through a firewall, you only need to open
>> >TCP port 5631 and UDP 5632.
>> >
>> >i.e.
>> >5631 TCP
>> >5632 UDP
>>
>> In fact, you should only need to permit the TCP port. On the client
>> end the following registry setting needs changed:
>>
>> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Symantec\pcAnywhere\CurrentVersion\System
>> ] "TCPIPConnectIfUnknown"=dword:00000001
>>
>> unless it's changed since I last did this research. You should
>> double check by looking in Symantec's knowledge base. I believe it
>> has information on changing the ports if you need to as well.
>

which IMO is always a good idea if you're poking holes in your router /
firewall... keeps the skiddies from knowing that you're allowing
PCAnywhere through ... 

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