What does it mean Norton Firewall

Jlew3 · External Since: Sep 16, 2003 Posts: 3

My Norton firewall event log catches the following information and I have no
idea what it all means. The log shows a little box with a flame with the
following information.

"Unused port blocking has blocked communications. Details: Inbound TCP
connection remote addresses, local service is:

These are some of the numbers I removed:
61.101.18.181
68.49.45.188
68.49.45.110
68.49.19.151
193.159.185.99
24.164.2.86
66.214.54.220
68.49.145.21

On the first two numbers above I got a web page. One in Korea and another
in Germany (I think, then China).

Does Dosi & Saram Corp, WWW.eastwest.com, Citrix mean anything.

Help understanding this appreciated.

Bender · External Since: Sep 17, 2003 Posts: 5

"Jlew3" <310.TakeThisOut@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> My Norton firewall event log catches the following information and I have
no
> idea what it all means. The log shows a little box with a flame with the
> following information.
>
> "Unused port blocking has blocked communications. Details: Inbound TCP
> connection remote addresses, local service is:
>
> These are some of the numbers I removed:
> 61.101.18.181
> 68.49.45.188
> 68.49.45.110
> 68.49.19.151
> 193.159.185.99
> 24.164.2.86
> 66.214.54.220
> 68.49.145.21
>
> On the first two numbers above I got a web page. One in Korea and another
> in Germany (I think, then China).
>
> Does Dosi & Saram Corp, WWW.eastwest.com, Citrix mean anything.
>
> Help understanding this appreciated.
>

Just means your firewall is working and blocking access to your computer
from those IP addresses.

Jlew3 · External Since: Sep 16, 2003 Posts: 3

Thank you, I guess my real question is why do they have the right to modify
my computer? Is this common? Who the hell are they? How do I know if they
are legit?

Again, thank you for responding.

"Bender" <Bender.TakeThisOut@shiny.metal.org> wrote in message
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>
> "Jlew3" <310.TakeThisOut@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:7-ydnaG0CYaeJfqiU-KYuA@comcast.com...
> > My Norton firewall event log catches the following information and I
have
> no

Dave"OldBloke"Budd · External Since: Sep 18, 2003 Posts: 13

In article <BRqdnanVvdS_JPWiXTWJlg RemoveThis @comcast.com>, 310 RemoveThis @comcast.net says...
> Thank you, I guess my real question is why do they have the right to modify
> my computer?

They don't, exactly. They're not, at the stage your firewall intercepts
them, trying to "modify your computer" - they're just attempting to
establish a connection. Just like a webserver does when you ask it for a
webpage, or your mailserver does when you ask it for your mail, etc.

Some machines on the internet are servers, and have various ports open
for clients to connect to, and these people are checking those ports on
your machine to see if it's a server. Since it;s not, your firewall is
correctly not allowing the connection.

Is this common?

Very. Most people who are online 24*7 and not hidden behind some
external firewall will find their onboard forewall reporting connection
attempts at least 10 times a day.

Who the hell are they? How do I know if they
> are legit?

Mostly they're people looking for machines they can use to relay mail
anonymously, hackers looking for anything they might want to break into,
or viruses looking for machines to infect.

Jlew3 · External Since: Sep 16, 2003 Posts: 3

Dave, Thanks. You explained it very well. Guess I will renew my Norton
subscription when it comes due again. To bad I can't program my machine to
send back a message that says "screw u" or something more impolite.

"Dave OldBloke Budd" <me.DeleteThis@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> In article <BRqdnanVvdS_JPWiXTWJlg.DeleteThis@comcast.com>, 310.DeleteThis@comcast.net says...
>

Dave"OldBloke"Budd · External Since: Sep 18, 2003 Posts: 13

In article <0R-cnZg4GePTW_SiXTWJjg.TakeThisOut@comcast.com>, 310.TakeThisOut@comcast.net says...
> Dave, Thanks. You explained it very well.

Not really very well, but close enough for jazz, as they say.