Hello Thomas,
Tuesday, September 18, 2001, 7:10:08 PM, you wrote:
DH>> What would happen if I ruled out *any* TCP network communication
DH>> to http port 80?
TF> You wouldn't be able to browse the web.
DH>> Does TB! use it?
TF> No, but your web browser does. So does SETI@home, but only if you
TF> connect to get a new package. For both applications, this is the port
TF> on the remote address, not yours.
Does not this mean that as long as he does not run a web-server, it
will be OK to block INCOMING traffic to port 80 on his own machine?
I would guess that the traffic his firewall is intercepting is
traffic looking for a webserver that can be used as a loophole into
his system, and could safely be blocked.
But do not take me too serious. I am no network or TCP/IP guru.
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Ottar Grimstad, Norway
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