[dba-Tech] Norton Firewall

RE: [dba-Tech] Norton FirewallMy take on him too. Unfortunatley, like much
of what you read on the internet, this is pure opinion.

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!

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!

JMO

John B.
  -----Original Message-----
  From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of John Colby
  Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 11:43 AM
  To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
  Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Norton Firewall


  Having gone to the page and read some of the responses, it certainly
sounds like an uneducated piece started the whole thing.

  Steve Gibson is a nut.  Kinda.  but a VERY technically astute nut.

  Last I read (from his own web page) he does ALL of his programming in
assembler.  That qualifies as a nut in my book.

  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.

  It appears he has moved on to internet related stuff.

  I very much admire the guy.  He may be a nut, but he's a smart nut, who
knows of what he speaks.
  John W. Colby
  www.colbyconsulting.com

    -----Original Message-----
    From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Jon Tydda
    Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 11:15 AM
    To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
    Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Norton Firewall


    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...



    Jon

    -----Original Message-----
    From: John Bartow [mailto:john at winhaven.net]
    Sent: 20 August 2003 16:01
    To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
    Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Norton Firewall



    Hi Andy,
    You can add or remove open ports from Norton Firewall (NF). My port 1025
is
    not open. I checked with ShieldsUp and Leaktest and everything is
secure.

    To check it out, open NF and go to options there should be a list of
which
    ports are open. The way to do this is different in every version so I
can't
    help you beyond that. I've used NF since it first came out and am now
using
    Norton Internet Security 2003, so if that's the version you're using I
can
    try to make it more clear.

    BTW: Steve Gibson (ShieldsUp author) does recommend you update your NF
to
    version 2.55 or higher.

    John B.

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
    > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Andy Lacey
    > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 1:46 AM
    > To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
    > Subject: [dba-Tech] Norton Firewall
    >
    >
    > A client advises me that when using Norton Firewall port 1025 is left
    > Open. ShieldsUp confirms that. Does anyone else use Norton's Firewall?
    > If so do you get the same result? Can anyone explain why, and whether
    > it's ok?
    >
    > Andy Lacey
    > http://www.minstersystems.co.uk
    >
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