Re: Personal Firewalls

From: NeoSadist (Ne0$@d1$t)
Date: 08/27/02 

From: "NeoSadist" <Ne0$@d1$t>
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 17:25:15 -0600

"Phillip Malphrus Jr" <pmalNOSPAM@intermicro.com> wrote in message
news:umkun2mv7v0729@corp.supernews.com...
> Are there any personal firewalls out there that will allow communication
on
> specific ports, no matter the program? Every pf I have seen always
requires
> the program executable and I would like a pf that allows the user to
specify
> the ports only. For example, allow tcp and udp on port 23 for any program
>
> Thanks,
> Phillip
>
>
>
>

Norton Personal Firewall does. It's fully configurable.

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