On 20 May 2005 at 21:23, Gary VanderMolen wrote: > > 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. > > Use a router to intercept unsolicited incoming packets, and your PC > will never see them.
Aside from the expense, how does that work? I would have to get a router that is smart enough to dial into and log into my ISP, yes? Can routers do that? And how would the auto-hangup work: would the *router* handle not thinking that a port 135 probe was activity and so do the idle- timeout hangup properly? [and was my guess/assumption correct: that a TCP probe will be sufficient activity to make a line go "non idle"?] /Bernie\ -- Bernie Cosell Fantasy Farm Fibers mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Pearisburg, VA --> Too many people, too few sheep <-- -- ---------------------------------------- WIN-HOME Archives: http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html Contact the List Owner about problems: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unofficial Win-Home List Members Profiles Page http://winhome.wavijo.com/
