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Now that I've got my livebox up and running....

I've just gone into one of my programs and it's saying I'm not behind a
firewall... but I've got Norton Systemworks 2007. Surely this should be
protecting my livebox too?

If not, any idea what I should do to make sure I'm behind a firewall (that's
if the program is telling the truth).

Netty




Netty

Netty formulated on Wednesday :
> Now that I've got my livebox up and running....
>
> I've just gone into one of my programs and it's saying I'm not behind a
> firewall... but I've got Norton Systemworks 2007. Surely this should be
> protecting my livebox too?
>
> If not, any idea what I should do to make sure I'm behind a firewall (that's
> if the program is telling the truth).
>
> Netty

Are we to guess the programme name?

"Jono" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Netty formulated on Wednesday :
>> Now that I've got my livebox up and running....
>>
>> I've just gone into one of my programs and it's saying I'm not behind a
>> firewall... but I've got Norton Systemworks 2007. Surely this should be
>> protecting my livebox too?
>>
>> If not, any idea what I should do to make sure I'm behind a firewall
>> (that's if the program is telling the truth).
>>
>> Netty
>
> Are we to guess the programme name?
>
It's a well-known p2p

On 30 May 2007, "Netty" <netty@???.hello.com> wrote:

>I've just gone into one of my programs and it's saying I'm not behind a
>firewall... but I've got Norton Systemworks 2007. Surely this should be
>protecting my livebox too?

I suggest you try www.grc.com ( grc in case your news app underlines it
as a web link and is difficult to read) and use the "Shields Up!" test.

(There are various views about the GRC site and the man behind it, which
range from positive - it helps users, to negative, spouting rubbish just
to promote security consulting and make money from scaring people). I'm
not going to debate the pros and cons about man/site, but have found the
"Shields Up!" test a handy check to see which ports are open - you might
find that the reason for you getting this message is because of uPNP (or
whatever it is called - I don't use it, and don't worry as a result).

By the way, does SystemWorks 2007 incude a firewall ?

NB Norton Internet Security has a firewall, though I would no longer use
any of the recent Norton products: the SystemWorks Pro 2001/02/03 CDs on
eBay were quite cheap some time ago, and the s/w was easier to uninstall
(whereas later versions got to be worse and worse if one needed to get
the software off / didn't wish to renew licences etc).

Netty wrote on 30/05/2007 :
> "Jono" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed). ..
>> Netty formulated on Wednesday :
>>> Now that I've got my livebox up and running....
>>>
>>> I've just gone into one of my programs and it's saying I'm not behind a
>>> firewall... but I've got Norton Systemworks 2007. Surely this should be
>>> protecting my livebox too?
>>>
>>> If not, any idea what I should do to make sure I'm behind a firewall
>>> (that's if the program is telling the truth).
>>>
>>> Netty
>>
>> Are we to guess the programme name?
>>
> It's a well-known p2p

Have you got a proxy set anywhere?

netty@???.hello.com declared for all the world to hear...
> Now that I've got my livebox up and running....
>
> I've just gone into one of my programs and it's saying I'm not behind a
> firewall... but I've got Norton Systemworks 2007. Surely this should be
> protecting my livebox too?

It's the other way around. The livebox is a firewall.

> If not, any idea what I should do to make sure I'm behind a firewall (that's
> if the program is telling the truth).

It isn't. Unless you've disabled the firewall on the livebox (the
default is for it to be on).
--
Regards
Jon

Netty wrote:
> Now that I've got my livebox up and running....
>
> I've just gone into one of my programs and it's saying I'm not
> behind a firewall... but I've got Norton Systemworks 2007. Surely
> this should be protecting my livebox too?
>
> If not, any idea what I should do to make sure I'm behind a
> firewall (that's if the program is telling the truth).
>
> Netty

System Works is not a firewall, Norton Internet Security is

"Kraftee" <kraftee@b&e-cottee.me.uk> wrote in message
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> Netty wrote:
> > Now that I've got my livebox up and running....
> >
> > I've just gone into one of my programs and it's saying
> > I'm not behind a firewall... but I've got Norton
> > Systemworks 2007. Surely this should be protecting my
> > livebox too? If not, any idea what I should do to make sure I'm
> > behind a firewall (that's if the program is telling the
> > truth). Netty
>
> System Works is not a firewall, Norton Internet Security
> is

System Works contains the firewall product though. Well mine does, anyway.

Ivor

Ivor Jones wrote:
> "Kraftee" <kraftee@b&e-cottee.me.uk> wrote in message
> news:f3q2v2$r1e$(E-Mail Removed)
>> Netty wrote:
>>> Now that I've got my livebox up and running....
>>>
>>> I've just gone into one of my programs and it's saying
>>> I'm not behind a firewall... but I've got Norton
>>> Systemworks 2007. Surely this should be protecting my
>>> livebox too? If not, any idea what I should do to make sure I'm
>>> behind a firewall (that's if the program is telling the
>>> truth). Netty
>>
>> System Works is not a firewall, Norton Internet Security
>> is
>
> System Works contains the firewall product though. Well mine does,
> anyway.
> Ivor

Funny that, it's not on their site. The only one which comes close
would be the Norton 360 but even that doesn't include the full System
Works package...

If it's an earlier version, depending on which one, will depend on how
compatable it will be with your OS...