B
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join:2000-10-28 | reply to jellybeans27
Re: Norton Internet Security Problem!
Reboot.
And get I suggest you get a router.
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SamN
@ifl.net | what will buying a router do? |
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Red Dragon
Imagine BBR in 20 years
join:2005-04-30
Scarsdale, NY
| said by SamN :
what will buying a router do?
? It would stop that mess from appearing on his computer. The packets would be blocked at the router. Ever hear of NAT?
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B
Premium,MVM
join:2000-10-28
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For more than you could want to know, check the Router section of the FAQ at »Security
In brief, the original poster appears to have a public IP address. A layer of NAT routing between him or her and the Internet is a valuable (and one might argue essential) safety measure. (With a private IP address, unsolicited inbound packets get no further than your router.)
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jellybeans27
join:2005-10-28 | I can't understand the help section of ethereal, I don't know how to use it can someone help me please? Thanks. |
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B
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join:2000-10-28
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I'm afraid you're going to have to either hire someone or find a friendly neighborhood geek to help you. It's just about impossible to properly train you quickly via a web forum. It's really up to you to read and research (and experiment!) until you understand.
But really, I'm not sure you have a problem worth putting all that time into.
What I mean is, a strange packet every minute is not a big deal; again I suggest you get a router. My suspicion is simply that your firewall is screwy; you could uninstall / reinstall NIS and/or try a different firewall product.
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Red Dragon
Imagine BBR in 20 years
join:2005-04-30
Scarsdale, NY
| I also just remembered something about NIS. This should not be occurring every minute or so. Under default setting NIS will auto block IPs that make an intrusion attempt. Unless auto block is disabled or set to a bizarre low ban time then this should not be occurring. Also 255.255.255 and IPs like then remind me of subnet masks. kind of makes sense since it is pointing back to your own computer as the attacker. You could also try windows repair function for you net connection to see if that helps.
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