From: "robin szemeti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Friday 11 January 2002 14:07, Robert Shiels wrote: > > > I just bought a license for a program called Wingate > > and .. for less cash .. you could have had BSD or smoothwall ... > > > So at least I know now that these are being blocked, > > do you ..? > > > I guess I'll > > have to do some googling to see if I can find out. > > google "wingate exploits" 3,300 pages .. hmmm > > most of them entitled something like "yet another wingate hole" > > http://www.insecure.org/sploits/wingate.insecure.attacks.html etc etc etc > > sorry .. sounds just as bad as ever ... infact some of the wingate stuff > sounds even worse than yer basic windows ...
Wingate managed to lock out all network connections at regular intervals on my machine, even though the "attacks" were from my downloading mp3s from USENET! I've since installed Sygate and it has so far been behaving well. Noted this link that might be interesting, though how reliable it is, is another question. http://grc.com/lt/scoreboard.htm Barbie. PS: Managed to keep from posting while a music/roadie thread is raging ... my mother would be proud ;)
