I have "idle disconnect" set on my RAS connection... and it won't hang up. I think I see what's happening but I'm not sure [and I don't know what to do about it]: my system is completely idle and i'm running tcpview which confirms that my internet connection is completely idle.
BUT: my connection leaps to life every now and then. I couldn't figure out what it was, but I turned on 'alerts' in ZoneAlarm and there it is: ZA fires up a "just blocked access to your system" and I can see that I've received 50 or so bytes of stuff. They are TCP packets on port 135. That's the MSFT RPC port, so I assume it is some infected system probing me. Two questions: 1) will this kind of traffic cause my RAS connection not to look idle- enough and so not hang up? 2) is there anything I can do about it? I'm not worried about my system being probed or hacked [I think ZA will keep things under control in that regard, not to mention that I've LONG since patched the port 135 vulnerability] but it is a bit annoying that I can't, for example, do a late-nite FTP and have my system automatically hang up the phone shortly after it is done. /Bernie\ -- Bernie Cosell Fantasy Farm Fibers mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Pearisburg, VA --> Too many people, too few sheep <-- -- ---------------------------------------- ALL messages to the list MUST include a descriptive subject. To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required.
