Re: Personal Firewall Recommendation

From: \ (dvader_at_deathstar.mil)
Date: 09/18/03 

Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 15:44:30 -0400

>I suspect that is because ZA and Sygate closes the port, while Kerio
>"stealths" the port. Since ident is used with so many pop servers,
>having it "closed" rather than "stealth" is probably the preferred
>solution...

It is, but a lot of newbies write to newsgroups complaining that Port 113 isn't
stealth! Unfortunately, the technically challenged marketing types that drive
the firewall business have convinced people that "stealth" really matters. 

-- 
Dave "Crash" Dummy - A weapon of mass destruction
crash@gpick.com
http://lists.gpick.com

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