Re: Linksys Firmware Upgrade Available

From: -=[OGT]=- (oldgt_SPAM_ACCOUNT@hotmail.com)
Date: 03/29/02


From: "-=[OGT]=-" <oldgt_SPAM_ACCOUNT@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 18:50:36 -0600


"N/A" <youngert@MailandNews.com> wrote in message
news:9K7n8.20729$YW5.4852665@typhoon.atl.ipsvc.net...
| On Saturday 23 March 2002 15:06, `Earl F. Parrish' of
| `efparri@verizon.net' posted on `comp.dcom.xdsl' USENET
| newsgroup wrote:
|
| > Linksys has issued firmware version 1.42.6 for the
| > BEFSR41/BEFSR11/BEFSRU31. It fixed the ping capability lost in
| > version 1.42.3 and reestablished with the beta version 1.42.4.
| >
| > I had a little trouble flashing it with Kerio Personal Firewall
| > 2.1.2. The firewall only asked for permission to allow UDP
| > packets and not TCP packets. I had to manually edit the rules
| > to do the flash.
| >
| > --
| > Earl F. Parrish
|
| I am clueless. You have a linksys one of these linksys
| EFSR41/BEFSR11/BEFSRU31 router with a built-in firewall to
| protect your small LAN. Why the hell in this world do you still
| need to run a Keria Peronal Firewall on your computer? Is not
| that is kind of redundant?
|

Because the Linksys doesn't block outbound traffic.

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-=[OGT]=-



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