Re: DCOM and Window firewall - OT
- From: "Ralph" <nt_consulting64@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 15:34:29 -0500
"Stefan Berglund" <keepit@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 11:49:29 -0500, "Ralph" <nt_consulting64@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> in <f6ednZItntfi8aDeRVn-ow@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> >
> >"Stefan Berglund" <keepit@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >news:v3qqj1t8g5vitl3kmj6ecv198gl9p7v1hs@xxxxxxxxxx
> >> On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 15:43:01 -0400, "Charlie"
> ><cklatzkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> wrote:
> >> in <_KOdnbC6U59b3qHeRVn-iA@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>
> >> >I have written a small client and a server apps that appear to work
fine.
> >> >When I move the server app to another PC on my network, the client
fails
> >to
> >> >communicate. Turning off Windows firewall on the server solves the
> >issue.
> >> >
> >> >Since I like my PC to remain in one piece, I really do not want to
> >function
> >> >like this. I turned it back on, added an exception to port 135 and
> >changed
> >> >the scope to "my subnet only" on the server PC. This fails to let the
> >> >client talk to the server. Do I need to have other port exceptions?
Or,
> >> >what else do I need to do?
> >>
> >> The Windows ~firewall~ is not a true firewall anyway, so the best thing
> >you
> >> could do would be to dump it and install a real firewall such as Kerio.
> >>
> >> ---
> >> Stefan Berglund
> >
> >I can't seem to get beyond the hype. What advantages to you perceive that
> >Kerio has over other products such as ZoneAlarm Pro?
> >
> >Not being combative, just curious.
> >
> >-ralph
> >
>
> Well, let me tell you a little story...
>
> I used to rely on Norton <gag> and ZoneAlarm for my defenses and
encouraged my
> clients to do so also. About three years ago, a client brought me a
laptop that
> had become unresponsive and incapable of performing trivial Internet
functions.
>
> I first installed ZoneAlarm figuring it would give me an idea as to what
was
> happening. Surprise! At reboot and every successive reboot thereafter,
> ZoneAlarm came up disabled!
>
> Two or three go rounds in that movie led me to install Norton AV. Norton
AV
> fared a little better but was also ineffective. It detected an attempt to
send
> an email (iirc) and actually identified the Trojan as Dark Angel. It was
> profiled on their site (from several years prior).
>
> Long story short, Norton couldn't find, fix, or remove the Trojan. In
fact,
> neither could I. I never actually located it on the hard drive.
>
> That was it though for both Norton and ZoneAlarm. I went searching and
came up
> with Kerio and AVG. They both run on every box on my network including
the
> server which also runs SQL Server 2000 with absolutely no complications
(or
> infections for that matter) and with minimal footprint.
>
> And while I never actually used Kerio or AVG to see how they would have
fared in
> the above scenario, Kerio is always my first tool of choice when this
situation
> comes up and it has been effective time and time again in all situations
since
> then. Kerio provides an instant window into the problem and AVG can
repair it
> without having to flatten the box.
>
> YMMV
>
> ---
> Stefan Berglund
thanks,
-ralph
.
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