Firewalls

mcafee security center automatic update won't install (and kills system restore?)
I noticed that the automatic upgrade of MacAfee security center seems to take ages. After waiting something like an hour or so, I decided to reboot the system. I got a warning that there was an MacAfee update and the system couldn't de rebooted. So I waited some more time, but clearly something was wrong. Did... 23 Feb 2006 05:49

Please help interpret Sygate Personal Firewall traffic log (ndisuio.sys)
How do I interpret this Sygate Personal Firewall traffic log? Daily, I see hundreds of blocked incoming requests from NDISUIO.SYS. After googling for the keywords, I'm *still* almost as confused as I was before. The googling showed that the incoming requests are from something called a wireless zero configuration... 22 Feb 2006 14:18

Fortigate Experiance / Review
We purchased a Fortigate 100a firewall about 2 months ago, partly based on the comments from this group as well as the excellent reviews. I thought I would let you know how it is going. Our environment is a single LAN, we have a few servers and need good remote access. Some the reasons we picked the Fort... 17 Feb 2006 17:02

Interpret ntoskrnl.exe NT Kernel ICMP Type 8 Echo requests
How do you interpret this Sygate Personal Firewall message? I did not initiate (at least not on purpose) any ping of 204.152.33.21. In fact, I don't even know what that is (I looked it up on a reverse DNS and it came up empty). Why is my Windows XP PC wireless port (00-0d-60-20-23-31 MAC address ) asking to ... 17 Feb 2006 17:33

Dynamic Routing
I have a Linksys BEFSX41 router. One of the options is "Dynamic Routing." It also offers a few options if you select Dynamic Routing. As you might expect, Linksys does little to explain why one would need to use Dynamic Routing. It offers Static Routing for networks with multiple routers. If I am not using Dynamic... 13 Feb 2006 15:59

Open ports
Hi, my PortExplorer show me strange opened ports as REMOTE: 4, 5, 6, 12, 14, 18, 262, 57862, 57870, 57874, 57875 Is it normal situation? Is any danger from this ports? Thx, Max ... 11 Feb 2006 05:10

Reason 412: The remote peer is no longer responding
I just can't get this to work out of the box/running wizard on a CISCO 857W box. I'm getting error on client of: Secure VPN Connection terminated locally by the Client. Reason 412: The remote peer is no longer responding. What areas should I be looking at please? I've set the VPN Easy Server up and made it ... 10 Feb 2006 12:07

Block Bittorrent client
Hi.. I would like to know how to block the bittorrent client while allowing other p2p services such as a Skype & MSN Mssger in Checkpoint configuration..? Thanks Rosdi ... 15 Feb 2006 02:54

Kerio and eMule, problems.
Hello I'd like to use Kerio firewall but after installing I have problem with eMule. Infact when I open eMule (file sharing) I see an low ID. Kad Rete doesn't succeed to go online. It is firewalled. What can I do please? bye Adriano ... 7 Feb 2006 14:08

Firewall recommendation
Hi, I am in process of building 2 servers that will be hosted in a datacentre. The first one will be a IIS6 web server and the second SQL Server which I need to access via remote control/MMC console from the internet. Could someone suggest a good firewall or the configuration methodology. Thanks Med ... 10 Feb 2006 06:45