Hi Gerry,
Thanks for all the information. I just received one from Earthlink tonight
and usually receive one per day from them. I also receive some from AOL once
in a while.
All right, let me ask this, Earthlink, this last one came in as port 1680.
Most alerts only come through once, but what does this "port" mean to me?
How when I know when to worry and is Zone Alarm a pretty good guarantee no
one can get into my PC. I know the likely hood is small, but I don't really
one some one putting anything on here without me knowing.
Thank you for your time.
Jeff
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald E. Boyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 3:54 PM
Subject: Re: PCWorks: Zonealarm--alram
> At 12:11 AM 4/29/01 -0400, Jeff Dougherty wrote the following:
>
> >I am still trying to figure the info Zonealarm sends me.
> >Below is a site that tried to access my computer. Could someone tell me
why
> >this place is trying to access my computer?
> >Massachusetts Institute of Technology (NET-MIT-TEMP)
> [snip]
>
> What port and protocol from this IP address? How many attempts?
>
> Just because ZoneAlarm shows an alert means nothing at all. The
combination
> of the number of alerts, the port and protocol of the attempt means more.
In
> fact, the number of attempts is really the key factor.
>
> So, any user at MIT for any reason under the sun might have generated the
> alert that ZoneAlarm picked up and that you see.
> --
> Gerry Boyd -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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