In fairness, they were nice people. The one guy walked me through the initial setting up of my VPN router. They weren't the typical arrogant IT guys you sometimes meet, and they weren't implying that I was an idiot. It was just frustrating, that's all.
--- On Fri, 3/12/10, Gilbert M. Hale <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Gilbert M. Hale <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [NF] Trust your instincts. LOL > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, March 12, 2010, 8:23 PM > Being VPN experts those professionals > just burned off how many hours of your > life? > > Frustrating - an understatement. Pingable port > <> Citrix port... Jerks... > > There, there, little boy, let the experts handle this for > you. All you have > to do is... > > Jerks. > > Gil > > > > Gilbert M. Hale > [email protected] > 585-359-8085 - Office (Rolls To Cellular) > 585-202-4341 - Cellular/Voice Mail > > Legal Advisory: I have had a security expert advise > me to embed the > following statement in all outgoing eMails. Please > read it. The statement > below pertains to any person receiving or reading this > document, whether or > not they are the intended recipient or have intercepted > this information as > a non-secured communication transmitted over the > Internet. Be advised you > are required to comply with the following statement: > > This email communication (and any attached file or > files) is intended only > for the recipient(s) listed above. If you are neither > an intended > recipient, or a person responsible for the delivery of this > communication to > the intended recipient, you are hereby advised that any > use, distribution or > copying of the information in this communication is > prohibited. The > information transmitted in this email communication, and > any attached > file(s), may include confidential material protected by a > privileged > attorney/client relationship, may be an attorney work > product, or may be > work performed for a client that contains confidential > information. > Further, an attorney/client privilege includes CPA related > work under the > "Kovel Rule" and other similar State and/or Federal > protections. > > If you have received this information in error please > notify the sender > immediately via return email, or at 585-359-8085 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:profoxtech- > > [email protected]] > On Behalf Of Michael Madigan > > Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 5:08 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [NF] Trust your instincts. LOL > > > > I just spent 4 hours trying to get a connection to a > Citrix server. I > > kept asking the IT people on their end "Do I have an > open connection to > > the server or are you blocking some ports". For > 4 hours they kept > > telling me, "IF you can ping it, everything should be > wide open". > > > > So then I asked, "Do I have to open any ports on my > side". And they > > said, "No". > > > > Well it turns out the guy on their end who originally > set up the VPN > > never added a rule for our connection, so by default > it was blocking > > almost everything except probably the ping port. > > > > Not being a VPN expert I just assumed I did something > wrong on my end > > and kept on checking firewalls, settings, etc. > > > > Frustrating. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/068401cac24b$c45040d0$4cf0c2...@com > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for > those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
