RE: ADSL/ZoneAlarmPro 101

["Roger" <roger@xxxxxxx>]

On the Programs Tab, look down the list of programs, and find the one that
is serving HTTP on port 80 (don't know which webserver you are using) and
tick the 'dot' for Allow Server (the left dot gives a tick)

Bear in mind that IIS will be risky until you have installed the latest
patches from Microsoft.

Roger Shingler
>
> Thanks for a very thorough explanation - it helps distinguish
> the wood from
> the trees.  All I'm after now is for someone to tell me how
> to allow port 80
> to be seen from outside the firewall.  I'm sure it's something I've
> overlooked in ZAP but I still can't seem to find it.
>
> Anyone using ZAP??
>
> Cheers
> Pedro
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lee Varga [mailto:lee@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 08 March 2002 23:26
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] ADSL/ZoneAlarmPro 101
>
>
> Pedro,
>
> Port 80 is the HTTP port, it's the port that HTTP data
> (webpages) travels
> down from a webserver to a browser. Port 21 is the FTP port -
> it's what FTP
> data travels down from an FTP server to an FTP client. There
> are thousands
> of ports - some with specific jobs, some used but not registered.
>
> Netbios (port 137 & 138) is a windows service that lets
> machine advertise
> themselves on a lan to share resources - a common problem
> that they can
> advertise this info to the whole of the internet - a very bad
> thing(tm).
>
> TCP/UDP are types of data that travel down these ports.
> ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) not easy to explain
> but its extra
> support for TCP/IP allowing the sending of packets containing
> error and info
> msgs.
>
> Not sure about the ZA Pro as I've only used the freebie
> version - but it's a
> firewall built for the web non-cognoscenti. It can't open
> specific ports,
> what it can do is lower its shields a bit to expose your
> servers to the net
> connection. On the freebie version - go to the Security tab,
> and lower the
> Internet slider to medium. Then you should be able to see your server.
>
> If you have a dynamic IP address - this will change every so
> often - so
> you'll need to use a service like www.dyndns.org and small
> client program on
> the server. The webite explains it all.
>
> For more info on ports and the common ones used by nasties on
> the net have a
> look at  http://www.networkice.com/advice/Exploits/Ports/
>
> Phew...
> Lee.
>
>
> --------------
> Subject: [ukha_d] ADSL/ZoneAlarmPro 101
>
> Well I finally got ADSL and decided that since I now have
> 24/7 internet I
> need to keep the badies out!  I have installed and am very
> happy with Zone
> Alarm Pro BUT (theres always a BUT) I can't figure out how to
> allow specific
> ports or fundamentally what HTTP 80 is.  Is it a
> TCP/UDP/ICMP/IGMP/NETBIOS??
> I can open up these specific ports but since I don't know
> which one relates
> to http:80 or ftp:21 I don't know which to open.
>
> Could some kind soul let me know so I can serve the cummunity with my
> homeseer pages ;-)
>
>
>
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