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Date:	Wed, 9 Oct 2002 09:29:29 PST7
From:	"J. R. Fox" <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Google Search | Identd Port

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Steven replied:

> I use the advanced search modes almost exclusively. Since I'm often
> looking for information on specific topic even though the keywords may be
> somewhat general, this seems to work better for me.
>
> >might expect, a lot of it is either WIN-oriented or only tangentially
> >relevant. Many messages reach back to 1999, and refer to 3-level or
> >4-level firmware, whereas I've been on 5x f/w for quite some time. It is
>
> The advanced search allows you to limit the date ranges.

Good to know.

> >applied to innumerable threads on a myriad of subjects), **directly
> >contradicting each other.** And sometimes not very nicely, either. Ah,
> >but I guess that's the newsgroups for you.
>
> Hey, I even contratrdict myself now and then. It's part of the human
> condition.

Where it's two people, you can only say 'They can't both be right.'

> >What have I learned so far ? Sonicwall is said not to support ICQ (not
> >much the same thing as IRC, I hope), CUseeMe, NetMeeting, and a few other
>
> Functionally similar. Technically, they are both internet protocols that
> use TCP/IP.

Some news posters said 'you can't get there from here, we've tried, the manufacturer
confirms it, end of story.' Others claimed to be running several of these things -- even
interactive gaming -- right through this firewall, once it was set up appropriately.
Those respondents did not indicate much concern over security being compromised by this,
but I don't know if they really know.

> A Goggle search for:
>
> irc identd port
>
> reminds me that it is port 113.

That tells me where it is, but not its function. I'll consult a couple of those Port
List things I downloaded, in search of some edification.

Jordan

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