Re: security issues

From: Roger Abell [MVP] (mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu)
Date: 09/08/02 

From: "Roger Abell [MVP]" <mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu>
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 13:35:02 -0700

The message likely does mean someone was probing your
machine (assuming what you said of the username and workstation
info in the event msg).
You could use IPsec in a filtering mode. However, it may be more
simple for you to just enable the built-in ICF firewall. 

--
Roger Abell
MS MVP (Security, Windows), MCDBA,  MCSE both
Associate Expert - Windows XP ExpertZone
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
"David" <rball6@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message
news:c48101c25477$5a6f7310$3aef2ecf@TKMSFTNGXA09...
> In administrative tools, event viewer, security audit
> records.  I get a failed audit with the messege: unknown
> user name or bad password. Allso it gives someones name
> and there domain. Does this mean that this person tried
> to access my computer over the net?? if so will
> activating IPSec Snapin help or not??