If you are worried about something like BackOrifice then the command
"netstat -a" from a dos box will show you all the connections and open ports
on your machine. I also ran into an interesting page last night that talks
about some of the myths of Windows networking (and has interesting comments
about Steve Gibson's dramatic approaches with Shields Up - see
http://www.grc.com) at: http://cable-dsl.home.att.net/netbios.htm
And you can't beat the free firewall program ZoneAlarm for Windoze boxen
http://www.zonealarm.com/
Cheers.
> I am convinced someone is trying to hack me, or crack rather. I am sitting
> on a dialup connection, and there's strange traffic happening. Even when
I'm
> not FTP'ing or anything, I see I have sent out like half a megabyte or
> something.
>
> Is this unusual???
>
> I am using Windows 98 SE on this particular connection.
>
> Is there a packet sniffer for Windows that I can sit on the connection to
> inspect all incoming and outgoing traffic, and get the IP address of the
> other side, etc?
>
> What is the best firewall that I can install for Windoze 98?
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