Re: Shield'sUp Reports Port 443 Open

From: Charles Newman (charlesnewman1_at_comcast.spam-me-not.net)
Date: 11/27/05 

Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 03:50:01 +0200

<trish.conway@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1133048533.808097.114040@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> My nephew just downloaded Trend Micro's PC-cillin Internet Security
> Suite 2006 and set up its firewall. He went to GRC's ShieldsUp (to
> http://www.grc.com/default.htm and clicked "Shield'sUp!") to test it.
> ShieldsUp reported everything ok except for port 443's being open. He
> can find no way to configure that port to block incoming & outgoing
> packets. What can he do?
>
> Thanks a lot for your help.
>
> Trish
>

443 has to remain open for outgoing, becuase that is where
secure HTTP (HTTPS) goes, so he better not mess with that
one.

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