RE: Re: ZoneAlarm

["Brian G. Reynolds" <brian.g.reynolds@xxxxxxx>]

Thanks Steve and Patric,

I have emailed NTL to see if they can enlighten me as to what it is about.

Thanks,

B.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Clark [mailto:steevc@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 30 September 2001 08:55
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: ZoneAlarm
>
>
> If you're using NTL then you may well get a fair few attempted
> connections from them. I think it's to do with DHCP or something like
> that to see if you're still using your IP address. From what I've
> read it's okay to set it up as an allowable connection (Zone Alarm
> Security tab, Advanced button).
>
> I get a lot of pings from various places, but I rarely look into
> them. As long as they can't see my PC I'm happy.
>
> Some people argue that the internet standards say your PC must
> respond to a ping, but nobody needs to access mine except me.
>
> Steve
>
> --- In ukha_d@y..., "Brian G. Reynolds"
<brian.g.reynolds@n...> wrote:
> > Hope nobody minds but I am getting lots of hits from NTL
> Northampton and
> > Birmingham as below:-
> >
> > The firewall has blocked Internet access to your computer (ICMP
> Unreachable)
> > from 62.253.32.3.
> > Occurred: 3 times between 29/09/2001 23:48:56 and 30/09/2001
> 00:12:58
> >
> >
> > Should I allow this or am I right in blocking it?
> > I'm also getting the following quite a lot:-