Odd behavior on Windows XP when running Sygate Personal Firewall Standard 5.6.2808

[kx <kxmail () gmail com>]

This is just and FYI and workaround should anyone else encounter the
same problem.

SPF includes a "DoS protection" and "Protocol Driver-Level Protection"
mechanism:
http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf/whatsnew_spf.htm

When I run nmap with the firewall turned on, either specifically or by
error, SPF is killing my ethernet card, and forcing me to reboot. If I
simply exit the program while I run nmap, I can then start SPF back up
after I am finished.

Not really sure what is going on, or if it is even one of these
mechanisms, but it is definitely SPF that is causing the issue.  I did
not have the issue with SPF 5.1.

I had never seen "Hardware Error" messages before when trying ping.

Cheers,
  kx


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