John, I have to wonder exactly how you construed my noting a quick answer to be the equivalent of a reccomendation. Perhaps you would care to explain.
As for how Nimda spread, my understanding was through e-mail and network shares, something unrelated to an Internet firewall. Perhaps you might elaborate on your point. Please review Symantec's link below for further information concerning Nimda. http:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --Jonathan Moore --- John Tolmachoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >The quick answer is that you leave all ports open > for outgoing and > restrict all but required ports for incoming. > > While having all outgoing ports open might be the > accepted way of doing > that, a better way is to again only open those ports > needed going out. > > How do you think Nimda spread? > > John Tolmachoff > IT Manager, Network Engineer > RelianceSoft, Inc. > Fullerton, CA 92835 > www.reliancesoft.com > > > > > To Unsubscribe: > http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
