Re: proxy server warning

salwithed_at_yahoo.com
Date: 12/23/04 

Date: 22 Dec 2004 22:13:09 -0800

Charles Newman wrote:
> "george12pds" <georgeonetwopds@excite.com> wrote in message
> news:6o0vh0daqf3tqqmuuoc6mb2lu0mhtm1nor@4ax.com...
> > I strarted using switch proxy extension in Mozilla firefox to
learn
> > about proxy servers. I'm reasonably careful, and am sitting behind
a
> > nat router and sygate firewall. I got this warning from sygate
> >
> > ntoskrnl.exe is being contacted from a remote machine
195.141.64.150
> >
> > Sure enough, this was one of the proxies I was using. Why this
server
> > wants to talk to my kernal, and how it got past the nat router, is
> > something I'll have to consider
> >
> > Moral... use a firewall, the nat router is not sufficient.
>
> You need Tiny Personal Firewall to install in your machine, or some
> other software firewall

Tiny Personal Firewall does not compare favorably with Sygate. I had
timy for a while till I found out it was letting lots of unwanted
traffic into my computer. Sygate rocks!

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