RE: Firewall : WAS Re: was BabyCam now hacking

["BUTLER, Tony, FM" <tony.butler@xxxxxxx>]

There are websites you can goto to check how exposed you are.
soz, can't remember addresses but I'm sure others on the list will know of
one.

I don't know anything about your router, so I don't know how to set it up/
You should have some sort of 'port forwarding' option on one of the menus
so
that you can open, say, port 80 to be routed to your internal webserver on
192.168.1.1 or whereever it lives on the lan.
Messenger etc can be messy because of the no of random ports they choose
>from


Tony
> -----Original Message-----
> From: paul_watkin [mailto:paul_watkin@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 14 March 2002 13:02
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Firewall : WAS Re: was BabyCam now hacking
>
>
> <snip>
> > If ports are open on the router or a PC is set up as a DMZ host,
> then the
> > hackers can still get through.......
> <snip>
>
> So, In the short term how do I work out if my current setup has more
> holes than a tea strainer?
>
> Can't find anything helpful in the Router setup screens, the only
> thing I can appear to play with is NAT.
>
> Another pending question I have to resolve is how do I enable certain
> ports to be opened, so I can get messenger, netmeeting etc to work.
> Can get a camera link going and text chat but no audio or file
> transfer and then close them again.
>
> Regards
>
> Paul
>
>
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