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> Outpost Firewall, opentear attack
swas
post Apr 11 2007, 10:17 AM
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Hi everyone. I recently installed outpost firewall, and I have noticed a few "opentear attacks" in the logviewer. Does anyone know what this is???

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post Apr 11 2007, 10:27 AM
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Its when fragmented UDP packets are sent and make a request from a port that is not open on your computer. Something like that.
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post Apr 11 2007, 01:34 PM
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thanks for the reply is this anything to worry about, or just random noise??

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post Apr 11 2007, 01:38 PM
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I would say it pretty much happens all the time. I wouldn't worry about it.
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Okay, thats good I'm new to the software and had not heard that term before. thanks for the help

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