Re: Cygwin and firewalls (FAQ alert)

2005-06-21 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Tue, 21 Jun 2005, René Berber wrote: > Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > > > Another thing to mention is the fact that programs other than firewalls > > might have that behavior (notably Norton Ghost and various antivirus > > programs). Two points, addressed separately. > Norton Ghost? That one is

Re: Cygwin and firewalls (FAQ alert)

2005-06-21 Thread René Berber
Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > Another thing to mention is the fact that programs other than firewalls > might have that behavior (notably Norton Ghost and various antivirus > programs). Norton Ghost? That one is a hard disk duplication program, nothing to do with firewalls or antivirus. I've never

Re: Cygwin and firewalls (FAQ alert)

2005-06-21 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote: > On 6/17/05, Christopher Faylor wrote: > > >>Why not just use the system firewall which is part of XP SP2? > > > Joshua, do you think you could add an entry about this concerning > > what seems to work and what doesn't seem to work? > > Done. htt

RE: Cygwin and firewalls (FAQ alert)

2005-06-21 Thread Dave Korn
Original Message >From: Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes >Sent: 21 June 2005 07:16 > On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 11:06:47PM -0700, Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote: >> On 6/17/05, Christopher Faylor wrote: > Why not just use the system firewall which is part of XP SP2? >> >>> Joshua, do you think you

Re: Cygwin and firewalls (FAQ alert)

2005-06-21 Thread Brian Ford
On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote: > On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 11:06:47PM -0700, Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote: > > Me too, but it is a popular product and maybe they've improved. > > I also thought I remembered one that never worked for anyone > > but a quick search didn't turn up t

Re: Cygwin and firewalls (FAQ alert)

2005-06-20 Thread Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 11:06:47PM -0700, Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote: > On 6/17/05, Christopher Faylor wrote: > > >>Why not just use the system firewall which is part of XP SP2? > > > Joshua, do you think you could add an entry about this concerning > > what seems to work and what doesn't see

Re: Cygwin and firewalls (FAQ alert)

2005-06-20 Thread Joshua Daniel Franklin
On 6/17/05, Christopher Faylor wrote: > >>Why not just use the system firewall which is part of XP SP2? > Joshua, do you think you could add an entry about this concerning > what seems to work and what doesn't seem to work? Done. http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_3.html#SEC55 > Although, I thought I

RE: Cygwin and firewalls

2005-06-20 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Schulman > Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 1:51 PM > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: Cygwin and firewalls > [snip] > OK, thanks. Learn something new every day. &

Re: Cygwin and firewalls

2005-06-20 Thread Shankar Unni
Christopher Faylor wrote: On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 09:50:07PM +0200, Krzysztof Duleba wrote: I am wondering if there is a firewall that coexists with Cygwin well. This is a good question and, if anyone has a definitive answer, I think it should go into the FAQ. I have had generally good expe

Re: Cygwin and firewalls

2005-06-18 Thread Andrew Schulman
>> Why is this a Cygwin question? A firewall is a firewall. Network >> applications, both Cygwin and non-Cygwin, have to deal with it. I don't >> know what a Cygwin-hostile firewall would look like. > > Cygwin uses sockets to implement many of its functions, such as IPC. > Some overzealous fire

Re: Cygwin and firewalls

2005-06-18 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sat, Jun 18, 2005 at 07:03:32AM -0400, Andrew Schulman wrote: >> I am wondering if there is a firewall that coexists with Cygwin well. >>IIRC, there were complaints about Norton software and about some other >>firewalls too. What would you recommend me? >> >>I ask because I've never had to use

Re: Cygwin and firewalls

2005-06-18 Thread Brian Dessent
Andrew Schulman wrote: > Why is this a Cygwin question? A firewall is a firewall. Network > applications, both Cygwin and non-Cygwin, have to deal with it. I don't > know what a Cygwin-hostile firewall would look like. Cygwin uses sockets to implement many of its functions, such as IPC. Some

Re: Cygwin and firewalls

2005-06-18 Thread Andrew Schulman
> I am wondering if there is a firewall that coexists with Cygwin well. > IIRC, there were complaints about Norton software and about some other > firewalls too. What would you recommend me? > > I ask because I've never had to use firewall before (my home box is behind > NAT in a secure network) a

Re: Cygwin and firewalls (FAQ alert)

2005-06-17 Thread Larry Hall
At 05:07 PM 6/17/2005, you wrote: >On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 11:01:28PM +0200, Krzysztof Duleba wrote: >>Corinna Vinschen wrote: I am wondering if there is a firewall that coexists with Cygwin well. IIRC, there were complaints about Norton software and about some other firewalls too. Wha

Re: Cygwin and firewalls (FAQ alert)

2005-06-17 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 11:01:28PM +0200, Krzysztof Duleba wrote: >Corinna Vinschen wrote: >>>I am wondering if there is a firewall that coexists with Cygwin well. >>>IIRC, there were complaints about Norton software and about some other >>>firewalls too. What would you recommend me? >>> >>>I ask

Re: Cygwin and firewalls

2005-06-17 Thread Krzysztof Duleba
Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > I am wondering if there is a firewall that coexists with Cygwin well. > > IIRC, there were complaints about Norton software and about some other > > firewalls too. What would you recommend me? > > > > I ask because I've never had to use firewall before (my home box is b

Re: Cygwin and firewalls

2005-06-17 Thread Aaron Gray
I am wondering if there is a firewall that coexists with Cygwin well. IIRC, there were complaints about Norton software and about some other firewalls too. What would you recommend me? I ask because I've never had to use firewall before (my home box is behind NAT in a secure network) and I have

Re: Cygwin and firewalls

2005-06-17 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Jun 17 21:50, Krzysztof Duleba wrote: > Hi > > I am wondering if there is a firewall that coexists with Cygwin well. > IIRC, there were complaints about Norton software and about some other > firewalls too. What would you recommend me? > > I ask because I've never had to use firewall before (m

Re: Cygwin and firewalls

2005-06-17 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Fri, 17 Jun 2005, Krzysztof Duleba wrote: > I am wondering if there is a firewall that coexists with Cygwin well. > IIRC, there were complaints about Norton software and about some other > firewalls too. What would you recommend me? > > I ask because I've never had to use firewall before (my ho

Re: Cygwin and firewalls

2005-06-17 Thread Bengt-Arne Fjellner
Krzysztof Duleba wrote: > Hi > > I am wondering if there is a firewall that coexists with Cygwin well. > IIRC, there were complaints about Norton software and about some other > firewalls too. What would you recommend me? > > I ask because I've never had to use firewall before (my home box is behi

Re: Cygwin and firewalls

2005-06-17 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 09:50:07PM +0200, Krzysztof Duleba wrote: >I am wondering if there is a firewall that coexists with Cygwin well. >IIRC, there were complaints about Norton software and about some other >firewalls too. What would you recommend me? > >I ask because I've never had to use firewa

Cygwin and firewalls

2005-06-17 Thread Krzysztof Duleba
Hi I am wondering if there is a firewall that coexists with Cygwin well. IIRC, there were complaints about Norton software and about some other firewalls too. What would you recommend me? I ask because I've never had to use firewall before (my home box is behind NAT in a secure network) and I hav