Firewall question:

[Stephen Dawes]

I am using IPChains, and have constructed one of my own.



Stephen Dawes B.A. B.Sc.
Web Business Office, The City of Calgary
PHONE:  (403) 268-5527. FAX: (403) 268-6423
E-MAIL ADDRESS:  sdawes at gov.calgary.ab.ca




> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca
> [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Raul A. Gallegos
> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 12:23 PM
> To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> Subject: RE: Firewall question:
>
>
> What firewall are you using?
>
> On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, Stephen Dawes wrote:
>
> > Kirk, is there any to adjust the timeout value for the firewall?
> >
> >
> >
> > Stephen Dawes B.A. B.Sc.
> > Web Business Office, The City of Calgary
> > PHONE:  (403) 268-5527. FAX: (403) 268-6423
> > E-MAIL ADDRESS:  sdawes at gov.calgary.ab.ca
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca
> > > [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Kirk Wood
> > > Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 9:46 AM
> > > To: Speakup at Braille. Uwo. Ca
> > > Subject: Re: Firewall question:
> > >
> > >
> > > The keep alive packet for any connection is on the same port as the
> > > connection. The difference you are seeing is that the
> firewall times out
> > > the connection sooner then the keep alive packets are sent. This isn't
> > > uncommon. In fact, often times it is done intentionally to prevent you
> > > from breaching the firewall with "safe" looking programs that
> happen to
> > > keep an open connection and then let whatever you want through.
> > >
> > > =======
> > > Kirk Wood
> > > Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net
> > >
> > > Nothing is hard if you know the answer or are used to doing it.
> > >
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