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Windows XP SP2 Has a Dangerous Hole

Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 2:02 pm
by renovation
For most home users, installing and running with Windows XP Service Pack 2 is not a problem. However, some Internet applications may need specific ports opened in the new Windows Firewall.

PCAnywhere uses two ports, one TCP for data and one UDP for control. For it to work, PCAnywhere needs to communicate between two systems on these ports. While the SP2 Firewall may not block outgoing traffic it will block incoming requestshow to fix link page !

Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 7:27 pm
by FlyingPenguin
Yeah well any good firewall will do that. Also if you're behind a router you need to setup port forwarding for PCAnywhere.

Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 11:14 pm
by Amd_freaky
thanks for the info