Yep, that does indeed sum it up. ;-) Bill
-----Original Message----- From: R. Scott Perry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 1:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] OT - Ports > >Well, yes and no. In this case, it's a flaw in the router setup, because > >the manual says "You need to take this unnecessary step in order for the > >firewall to work", and you didn't. > >Scott, you are confusing a stateful inspection firewall with standard router >packet filtering. I had assumed that the original request was regarding a firewall. So, it can be summed up like this: If you are blocking packets with a router, you have to be EXTREMELY careful. You can, without realizing it, either block packets you don't mean to block, or allow packets through that you don't mean to let through. If you are blocking packets with a decent firewall, you the firewall *should* take care of everything automatically, and essentially just do what you ask. Ultimately, there should be no need for non-techies to know or care that there are client-side ports. -Scott --- Declude: Anti-virus, Anti-spam and Anti-hijacking solutions for IMail. http://www.declude.com --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ --- [This e-mail was scanned for viruses by Pointshare's Virus Scanning Service] Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
