AlphaShield Personal Hardware Firewall
I just installed the AlphaSheild Personal Hardware Firewall. AlphaShield supplies a utility that allows me to open any port through the firewall. Tech Support at AlphaShield said that any port can be opened with this utility, and that I had set up the open port properly with the utility. I tried opening port 23. The Sheilds Up security website, though, indicates that all of my ports are stealthed. Wouldn't Sheilds Up detect any open port? The WindowsXP SP2 firewall is disabled and I have no other firewall running. The only other security software that I have running is Norton Antivirus 2007 and Sunbelt Counterspy, which I don't believe can affect port protection or control.The hardware firewall is situated between my Comcast cable modem and my PC. Am I misunderstanding something here about opening ports? Please educate me
read more and respond »Posted 5 years ago by None in Networking Firewalls
