Well, at least you've got the island and the mainland limiting wind sheer... Try Walker's Cay... Man, a storm can brew up in minutes down there... I was sailing a 37 Pierson outta there and got hit by lightning- took out the satnav, the loran, and the damn stereo! Talk about an open port! t ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Harrison" <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "[ISAserver.org Discussion List]" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 6:42 AM Subject: [isalist] Re: Stop me before I jump... > http://www.ISAserver.org > > Actually, I was referring to "open" as "no inbound or outbound restrictions"; kinda like Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong... > > I could ride the Star ferry again... <longing sigh> > > Jim Harrison > MCP(NT4, W2K), A+, Network+, PCG > http://isaserver.org/Jim_Harrison/ > http://isatools.org > Read the help / books / articles! > > > On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 08:48:40 -0500 > "Amy Babinchak" <amy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > http://www.ISAserver.org > > OK, now we've hit upon my area of expertise. Open ports are not so good > even in sailing. What you are really looking for is a port that is not > open to most wind directions. Now obviously it has to have an opening > somewhere so the best ports are open in the direction from which the > wind rarely comes and closed to all others. Furthermore, good ports > depend upon the depth therein. So when you combine a port with wind > direction and depth that's when you get a good port. If you simply have > an open port you can let all kinds of nasty weather in. > > Kinda like firewall ports, eh? > > Amy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Harrison [mailto:jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 9:51 PM > To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] > Subject: [isalist] Re: Stop me before I jump... > > http://www.ISAserver.org > > Now Tom... > How would your sailorly daughter feel if she knew how you felt about > open ports? > Believe me, few things sound better to a sailor's ears than "open > port".. > ;-) > > Jim Harrison > MCP(NT4, W2K), A+, Network+, PCG > http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver > http://isaserver.org/Jim_Harrison > http://isatools.org > > Read the help, books and articles! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas W Shinder" <tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "[ISAserver.org Discussion List]" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 12:58 > Subject: [isalist] Stop me before I jump... > > > >From the Windows 2003 Help File: > > "To use Remote Assistance through a firewall > Remote Assistance uses the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) to establish a > connection between a user requesting help and an assistant providing it. > The RDP uses TCP port 3389 for this connection. To allow users within an > organization to request help outside your organization using Remote > Assistance, port 3389 must be open at the firewall. To prohibit users > from requesting help outside the organization, this port should be > closed at the firewall." > > ...where is that dreaded Open Port[Patent Pending] button?... > > Thomas W Shinder > www.isaserver.org/shinder <http://www.isaserver.org/shinder> > <http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/beta/default.asp> > ISA Server and Beyond: http://tinyurl.com/1jq1 > Configuring ISA Server: http://tinyurl.com/1llp > <http://tinyurl.com/1llp> > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=isalist > ISA Server Newsletter: http://www.isaserver.org/pages/newsletter.asp > ISA Server FAQ: http://www.isaserver.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ > ------------------------------------------------------ > Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: > Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com > No.1 Exchange Server Resource Site: http://www.msexchange.org > Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ > Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ > Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com > ------------------------------------------------------ > You are currently subscribed to this ISAserver.org Discussion List as: > amy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > $subst('Email.Unsub') > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=isalist > ISA Server Newsletter: http://www.isaserver.org/pages/newsletter.asp > ISA Server FAQ: http://www.isaserver.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ > ------------------------------------------------------ > Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: > Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com > No.1 Exchange Server Resource Site: http://www.msexchange.org > Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ > Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ > Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com > ------------------------------------------------------ > You are currently subscribed to this ISAserver.org Discussion List as: jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.Unsub') > > ------------------------------------------------------ > List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=isalist > ISA Server Newsletter: http://www.isaserver.org/pages/newsletter.asp > ISA Server FAQ: http://www.isaserver.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ > ------------------------------------------------------ > Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: > Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com > No.1 Exchange Server Resource Site: http://www.msexchange.org > Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ > Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ > Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com > ------------------------------------------------------ > You are currently subscribed to this ISAserver.org Discussion List as: thor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.Unsub') >