Re: firewall ports for Mac OS X/WebCatalog
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = >> You're right. But what it has done is let me see which outside IP addresses >> were infected with that new virus and attacking my web server looking for >> a file that did not exist; I was able to block those IP addresses from >> hitting my servers. Sorry for my awful grammar.> Right, but your not really decreasing any traffic. The hit still comes in > and still has to be addressed, either by the firewall software or by the > webserver, and I assure you your webserver can handle a ton of these. Other > than removing them from your log the firewalling in this case won't have > much of an effect, though I do understand your irritation with it.So is there anything that can be done? (Other than the obvious don't let PC users read that particular email).I have to say though, that firewall has pointed out some very odd traffic through my server. I hope that it really is blocking some bad stuff and that necessary services aren't being blocked now. I don't know :-\ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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>> You're right. But what it has done is let me see which outside IP addresses >> were infected with that new virus and attacking my web server looking for >> a file that did not exist; I was able to block those IP addresses from >> hitting my servers. Sorry for my awful grammar.> Right, but your not really decreasing any traffic. The hit still comes in > and still has to be addressed, either by the firewall software or by the > webserver, and I assure you your webserver can handle a ton of these. Other > than removing them from your log the firewalling in this case won't have > much of an effect, though I do understand your irritation with it.So is there anything that can be done? (Other than the obvious don't let PC users read that particular email).I have to say though, that firewall has pointed out some very odd traffic through my server. I hope that it really is blocking some bad stuff and that necessary services aren't being blocked now. I don't know :-\ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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