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makanaka · 10-20-2002, 10:31 AM

Would appreciate some advice here. I run Win XP Home on my home PC - P3 550 / 512 RAM / Gigabyte mobo - and will be travelling for close to three weeks from early Nov.

My email traffic is considerable and I plan to access my PC while abroad using either PC Anywhere or GoToMyPC or an equivalent.

I use a non-standard personal firewall called Look'n'Stop, which I find doesn't interfere with a Mac that is on my home network, and have Norton AntiVirus 2002 running. I've been thinking of - since the other home machines will be shut down - uninstalling my current firewall and using ZoneAlarm Pro for the period.

But my question is: What precautions should I take in order to ensure that the PC stays up and running for three weeks uninterrupted, and stays secure against infiltration?

***glc*** · 10-20-2002, 12:56 PM

Before you go to that trouble - does your ISP offer a webmail interface?

PCAnywhere only requires 2 ports open and forwarded in the firewall - one TCP and one UDP.

HAL9000 · 10-20-2002, 01:11 PM

www.mail2web.com can be used to retrieve your e-mail.

makanaka · 10-20-2002, 07:08 PM

Thanks for the alert, glc. Will check with the ISP. I suppose that if I run a pilot before leaving, and get the firewall to permit whatever it is PCAnywhere wants to have open, it should do the job?

***glc*** · 10-20-2002, 10:15 PM

5631 TCP and 5632 UDP are the ports.

10-20-2002, 10:31 AM	#1
makanaka Member (3 bit) Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Singapore Posts: 5	PC on when on holiday Would appreciate some advice here. I run Win XP Home on my home PC - P3 550 / 512 RAM / Gigabyte mobo - and will be travelling for close to three weeks from early Nov. My email traffic is considerable and I plan to access my PC while abroad using either PC Anywhere or GoToMyPC or an equivalent. I use a non-standard personal firewall called Look'n'Stop, which I find doesn't interfere with a Mac that is on my home network, and have Norton AntiVirus 2002 running. I've been thinking of - since the other home machines will be shut down - uninstalling my current firewall and using ZoneAlarm Pro for the period. But my question is: What precautions should I take in order to ensure that the PC stays up and running for three weeks uninterrupted, and stays secure against infiltration?

10-20-2002, 01:11 PM	#3
HAL9000 "Normal" again....?? Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 17,600	www.mail2web.com can be used to retrieve your e-mail. __________________ -At Ford, quality is job #1, job #2 is making them explode. ~Norm MacDonald, SNL News -Switching to Glide..Balancing in my head..inside of me... taking the glide path instead.

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10-20-2002, 12:56 PM	#2
*glc* Forum Administrator Staff Premium Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Joplin MO Posts: 41,180	Before you go to that trouble - does your ISP offer a webmail interface? PCAnywhere only requires 2 ports open and forwarded in the firewall - one TCP and one UDP.

10-20-2002, 07:08 PM	#4
makanaka Member (3 bit) Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Singapore Posts: 5	Thanks for the alert, glc. Will check with the ISP. I suppose that if I run a pilot before leaving, and get the firewall to permit whatever it is PCAnywhere wants to have open, it should do the job?

10-20-2002, 10:15 PM	#5
*glc* Forum Administrator Staff Premium Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Joplin MO Posts: 41,180	5631 TCP and 5632 UDP are the ports.

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