Re: Unblocking a port


Jeff B wrote:
>
> first, input rules on port x are distinct from output rules on the same
> port.
>
> usually, the requester makes action toward a server port X using some
> other port above 1024 local to the requesters machine. The reply comes
> back on the 'other port'.
>
> this says that to make the request only requires a default outbound
> allow on any port (which is debatible).
>
> If the server needs to access your system on port X, your firewall must
> allow it AND you must install or enable some software on that port.
>
> attempting to ALLOW I/O any ip port X tcp+udp says the request must be
> made FROM port X to another system TO port X -- most unusual.

OK, thanks. I get this part. It makes sense. Unfortunately, in the
sense of Murphy's law, as soon as I posted, after about 2 weeks of
struggling, Google indexed my gmail. I went back to review the error
message and it was gone.
>
> Personally, I dislike Google Desktop Search as an invastion of privacy.

Each to his own. I don't feel as if there is much about my internet
habits and email I need to keep private. If the US government wins
their subpoena against Google I might review my position.

> Other dislike Norton (anything) for emtional/political reason.

What can I say. Sometimes I hate it myself. :)

>
> The above is written in the spirit of helping to 'use what you have'
> rather that P***ing on something in which I might disaprove.

And this I appreciate. I actually read the newsgroup for a few days
before I posted and I saw the treatment newbies get, but what can I do?
I can ask and perhaps a kind person points me in the right direction or
I can wander in the maze for a long while.

BTW, is FSM the acronym for "Flying Spaghetti Monster"? I see no other
acronym that would explain that. And at least I now have a heads-up
that the sun doesn't go down when Steve Gibson sits down.

MikeB

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