From: Godfrey DiGiorgi > On Jun 27, 2007, at 12:40 PM, John Francis wrote: > >>> How does your software discriminate between an authorized connection >>> to a new destination initiated from inside the firewall and an >>> "unrecognised" connection? What are the criteria it uses as a >>> distinction? >> >> There are rules; some come with the firewall, some I created, and >> some were set up the first time a particular connection was initiated. >> For example: >> >> o IE and Firefox are allowed to connect to anywhere on port 80. >> >> o SecureCRT is allowed to connect anywhere over SSH sockets. >> >> o Visual Studio is allowed to connect to the MS Update site. > > Thanks. That's pretty much as I figured and Adam mentioned. Still a > pain. I have a lot more things than IE and Firefox, SecureCRT, etc, > that connect to the world outside. Nothing comes in unbidden. Less of a pain than having some internet trash taking over your system and using it as an open relay.
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