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<DIV><SPAN class=890073417-20082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>My
take on him too. Unfortunatley, like much of what you read on the internet, this
is pure opinion.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=890073417-20082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=890073417-20082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>On a
side note - I followed a link the other day that basically had a bunch of people
saying they would NEVER use Norton products another one that had a bunch of
people saying they would NEVER use HP printers. Give me a
break!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=890073417-20082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=890073417-20082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
think it boils down to one of two possibilities 1) just a nasty tactic some
companies use to push their own products 2) some people overreact to name
brands - every company has a dog product - that doesn't qualify the whole lot a
bad!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=890073417-20082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=890073417-20082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>JMO</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=890073417-20082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=890073417-20082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>John
B.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
dba-tech-bounces@databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces@databaseadvisors.com]<B>On Behalf Of </B>John
Colby<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, August 20, 2003 11:43 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
Discussion of Hardware and Software issues<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [dba-Tech]
Norton Firewall<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<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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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
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>
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<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
href="http://www.minstersystems.co.uk"
target=_blank>http://www.minstersystems.co.uk</A></FONT> <BR><FONT
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