Re: receiving virus in e-mail

From: Jim Macklin (p51mustang[threeX12)
Date: 04/12/04 

Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 14:24:20 -0500

If you ask for a connection and reply the firewall will be
open for a reply for a period of time and then it will
close. 

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"Bill Sanderson" <Bill_Sanderson@msn.com.plugh.org> wrote in
message news:%23MYAdxLIEHA.3044@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
| Some ISP's do, some don't.
|
| And a whole bunch don't say what they do or don't, so you
have to draw a
| conclusion......
|
| "BeamGuy" <nobodys@SPAM.com> wrote in message
| news:ueeD3%23JIEHA.2064@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
| >> You could try hitting the IP with a browser just to see
if there was a
| >> web
| >> site running which would give you some ID.
| > I'm curious - if you reach through your firewall to open
an connection
| > with
| > the infected machine would your firewall think that
connection requests
| > from
| > the virus infected computer are legitamate replies and
let them through?
| >
| >> Beyond that, I think you'd be intruding.
| > I seriously doubt that the user in question would not
want to know that
| > they
| > have a virus. But - I also seriously doubt that their
ISP is going to do
| > anything
| > but sit on their *** when you try to relay this message
to them.
| >
| >
|
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