Hi Lobster & All HolyGeeks -
:)
--- Lobster wrote:
> People with firewalls are able to block the majority of material trying to get in and out
>
> If they 'worry; the firewall by 'improving' its function they tend to create probs . . .
LOL, yes. I keep my firewall set in "learn mode" which means that if a circumstance happens that it had not experienced before, you are prompted how to handle it (choices are deny, allow, or allow once, and there is a button for 'more info' that shows what is going on). I like the flexibility that learn mode allows.
> for example I found this . . .
> www.DNSstuff.com
> which can be used for (not quite sure how or what)
> all kinds of technical searches and pings and IP addresses etc
This has lots of useful information for people who see odd things happening in their firewall reports. For example, recently i had someone with an IP address in Paris try to ftp into my computer, but even stranger, last week i had someone with an IP address in North Korea (!!! hotbed of computer use) try to ftp in, after first pinging me.
The thing is, we have no way of knowing when an IP address is faked or not. The program i usually use for detection is this one:
It has a link you can click to use a java applet that lets you get around proxy servers and "theoretically" is more accurate in identifying an IP address source and location because of that.
All that said, i have learned that for me it is better to just forget all of this and not look at the firewall reports - it tends to feed paranoia rather than quell it.
> Not much interest to me but for our
> white hat (network protecters)
> black hats (crackers)
> and grey hats (mid way)
> may make use of it
>
> :-)
>
> Just about to try a freeware paint program :-)
Which one?
> then a bit of programming :-)
>
> You worry about firewalls?
> All you need is a teenager with water . . .
> (growth spurts means they get probs with co-ordination . . .)
LOL...
> It may be of course . . .
> that your computer is calling out to be overclocked
> and water cooled . . .
Yes - may be a case of leaky hydraulics...
> anyone done this? (I am happy if a computer runs at normal speed - LOL)
>
> My computer is underclocked (improves reliability)
>
> but who knows what strange things are possible :-)
>
> (overclocking = running the computer at a faster speed than intended)
How does a person go about changing the internal clock speed? Way over my head.
love and peace,
joyce
PS - The away message Lizzie put up this morning before leaving for school:
"You can try the best you can.
If you try the best you can,
The best you can is good enough."
> Lob
>
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