Re: Kerio Thinks I'm Under Attack
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From: "-= J.A.N.U.S =-" <janus_R*E*M*O*V*E_@netcourrier.com> Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 20:04:37 +0200
that could also be opened pages that were not let completed by your
browsing... So you are browsing elsewhere and you are still receiving answer
to previous GET packets to an old previous web server... no more usefull as
you passed away...
"Larry W4CSC" <spaminator@knology.net> a écrit dans le message news:
3d135e39.71634431@news.knology.net...
> On Fri, 21 Jun 2002 06:36:15 GMT, "Sven Pran" <no.direct@mail.please>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >And what happens is that Internet Explorer did just that (obviously) but
> >that
> >the addressed web servers continue to send me AD "attacks" after the
> >"session" with that particular server is completed. My router lets that
> >traffic through while Kerio blocks it.
>
> Nah, it's not an attack. It's just a stupid server who doesn't read
> its NO answer from you...(c; I find it very amusing the number of
> people who think that if I leave a port open on a machine that it lets
> all the kiddies on the planet "into the computer". Your browser
> already disconnected from that port and went about its business.
> Stupid Windoze leaves ports open all the time. Until the computer
> closes the port, the router keeps it open because it doesn't know the
> computer's not still using it. You're going to get quite upset
> because if you're heavy websurfing to sites all over, you'll find
> doing a:
> Netstat -an
> from a DOS prompt will show you a whole BUNCH of open ports
> "listening" ominously. It means nothing. These ports are open to
> nowhere. No data coming in these open ports has any place to "go"
> because the program, your browser for instance, isn't listening to
> them any more.....
>
> Because the port is STILL open for many minutes after the browser has
> disconnected itself from them, the ADBOTS out on the net continue to
> do as the html of the webpage instructed them....keep sending me more
> ads for this cookie so we can spam this guy watching and reading.
> Until the port reports closed, the ad server keeps dumping it
> in....even though it isn't going anywhere. It stops when Windows
> finally gets around to closing the port. It's not an attack....it's
> spam!
>
> You'll slowly go mad worrying yourself to death about the FUDware
> ringing all the bells to scare you. Turn off the bells and forget
> it.....before we have to carry you off in that little white
> truck...(c;
>
>
> Larry
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