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<DIV><SPAN class=518493516-20082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Having
gone to the page and read some of the responses, it certainly sounds like an
uneducated piece started the whole thing. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=518493516-20082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=518493516-20082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Steve
Gibson is a nut. Kinda. but a VERY technically astute
nut.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=518493516-20082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=518493516-20082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Last I
read (from his own web page) he does ALL of his programming in assembler.
That qualifies as a nut in my book.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=518493516-20082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=518493516-20082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>He was
the god of DISK stuff way back in 1991 when I was doing testing for Stacker data
compression. The most knowledgeable person around on disks, their
problems, how to rescue them, etc.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=518493516-20082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=518493516-20082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>It
appears he has moved on to internet related stuff.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=518493516-20082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=518493516-20082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I very
much admire the guy. He may be a nut, but he's a smart nut, who knows of
what he speaks.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P><FONT size=2>John W. Colby<BR>www.colbyconsulting.com</FONT> </P>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
dba-tech-bounces@databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces@databaseadvisors.com]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Jon
Tydda<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, August 20, 2003 11:15 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [dba-Tech]
Norton Firewall<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<P><FONT size=2>ooh, have you read www.theregister.co.uk 's opinion of Steve
Gibson? He doesn't come out of it too well! Don't think they think very highly
of him at all...</FONT></P><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>Jon</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>From: John
Bartow [<A
href="mailto:john@winhaven.net">mailto:john@winhaven.net</A>]</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>Sent: 20 August 2003 16:01</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>To: Discussion of
Hardware and Software issues</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Subject: RE: [dba-Tech]
Norton Firewall</FONT> </P><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>Hi Andy,</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>You can add or remove open
ports from Norton Firewall (NF). My port 1025 is</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>not
open. I checked with ShieldsUp and Leaktest and everything is secure.</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT size=2>To check it out, open NF and go to options there should be a
list of which</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>ports are open. The way to do this is
different in every version so I can't</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>help you beyond
that. I've used NF since it first came out and am now using</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>Norton Internet Security 2003, so if that's the version you're using I
can</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>try to make it more clear.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>BTW: Steve Gibson (ShieldsUp author) does recommend you update
your NF to</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>version 2.55 or higher.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>John B.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>> -----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>>
From: dba-tech-bounces@databaseadvisors.com</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>> [<A
href="mailto:dba-tech-bounces@databaseadvisors.com">mailto:dba-tech-bounces@databaseadvisors.com</A>]On
Behalf Of Andy Lacey</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>> Sent: Wednesday, August 20,
2003 1:46 AM</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and
Software issues'</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>> Subject: [dba-Tech] Norton
Firewall</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>></FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>></FONT>
<BR><FONT size=2>> A client advises me that when using Norton Firewall port
1025 is left</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>> Open. ShieldsUp confirms that. Does
anyone else use Norton's Firewall?</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>> If so do you
get the same result? Can anyone explain why, and whether</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=2>> it's ok?</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>></FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>>
Andy Lacey</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>> <A
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target=_blank>http://www.minstersystems.co.uk</A></FONT> <BR><FONT
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