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Re: Unauthorized outgoing connect caught by ZA
From: Jonathan Rickman <jonathan () XCORPS NET>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 09:02:05 -0400
On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Joe wrote:
And it's totally harmless and blocking Akamai.net is definitely not the solution. Next time, do a 'netstat -a' and see if your previous HTTP connections are fully closed before hitting the panic button.
Panic is putting it mildly, this was a case of paranoia run rampant!!!
Please don't make suggestions like this until you understand how TCP based connections on the internet actually work.
Thanks, I was about to tell him the same thing... -- Jonathan Rickman X Corps Security http://www.xcorps.net
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