Re: Norton firewall blocking "foreign" SMTP requests?

From: Miles Promo (MilesPromo_at_DoneGone.net)
Date: 05/29/03 

Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 20:23:35 GMT

"Don Kelloway" wrote:
"Miles Promo" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I find that if I disable the Norton Firewall, I can use
> > > > my email service provider's port 80 SMTP server fine.
> > > > The problem is with the firewall not allowing that. Does
> > > > anyone know the way to direct the Norton Personal
> > > > Firewall to allow SMTP requests using port 80?
> > >
>
> I have an additional suggestion. Some personal firewalls employ a
> 'webfilter' for outbound access to ensure that when you're visiting
> websites, malicious scripts and code are not allowed to run. Check to
> see if the Norton Firewall offers such functionality. Maybe you can
> disable it or configure it to allow access to the IP address hosting the
> SMTP server?

    This is the work-around provided by Symantec Tech Support reps:

1) Bring up the firewall window.
2) Click the Options button at the top border.
3) In the drop-down menu click on Personal Firewall.
4) Click the Firewall tab.
5) In the HTTP Port list, select port 80.
6) Click the Remove button.

     This removes protection for the browser's version no. (it can then
be seen by malicious websites which want to exploit vulnerabilities
in specific browser versions) but that is a very small increase in risk.
IOW, Norton Personal Firewall cannot allow SMTP on port 80
without a small decrease in protection, but it can be done -
non-intuitively.

--->Miles2Go--->

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