Re: kerio 2.1.5

"species8350" <not_here.5.species8350@xoxy.net> wrote in
news:1117452817.026051.36800@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com:

> Can kerio 2.1.5 be configured to only allow my telephone number to
> connect to the Internet (to thwart rogue dialers)
>
> Thanks
>
>

What's Kerio or any FW solution personal or otherwise have to do with
blocking connections by phone number? Some PFW(s) have Application
Control that will stop a particular application/program running on the
machine from accessing the Internet or stop it from running and that's
not by phone number.

The FW(s) job is to stop inbound or outbound traffic to/from the computer
by port, protocol or IP and not by phone number.

You can use a HOST file that will somewhat stop site access for some
sites rogue dialers would want to contact and there are sites that you
can get an updated site list for the Host File at Host file sites or you
can go into the Host file and make an entry yourself. Note: the Host File
is not 100% protection either.

http://accs-net.com/hosts/what_is_hosts.html

The key is to not open unknown emails or click on unknown links in emails
or go to dubious Internet sites and start clicking on things with the
*happy* fingers allowing the rogue program to reach the machine.

You can use Active Ports (free) and see what IP(s) are being connected
to, which you can put a short-cut for Active Ports in the Start-up folder
so you can see what's happening at boot or use it in general to see
possible rogue connections to IP(s) and take the appropriate action.

You can take the IP and enter into Arin whois and it will get you in the
ball park of you determining of the site is dubious.

A couple of things you can do is use Firefox (free) as your default
browser and only use IE for sites that require IE and stop using Outlook
Express (unless you know how to config OE) and us another email client
program. That too will stop a lot of rouge activity on your machine.

http://www.arin.net/index.html

Duane :)
Received on Thu Sep 29 19:53:24 2005