Kirk, is there any to adjust the timeout value for the firewall? Stephen Dawes B.A. B.Sc. Web Business Office, The City of Calgary PHONE: (403) 268-5527. FAX: (403) 268-6423 E-MAIL ADDRESS: sdawes at gov.calgary.ab.ca > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca > [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Kirk Wood > Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 9:46 AM > To: Speakup at Braille. Uwo. Ca > Subject: Re: Firewall question: > > > The keep alive packet for any connection is on the same port as the > connection. The difference you are seeing is that the firewall times out > the connection sooner then the keep alive packets are sent. This isn't > uncommon. In fact, often times it is done intentionally to prevent you > from breaching the firewall with "safe" looking programs that happen to > keep an open connection and then let whatever you want through. > > ======= > Kirk Wood > Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net > > Nothing is hard if you know the answer or are used to doing it. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
