On (01 Apr 03) mark lewis wrote to Frank Vest...

Hello mark,


 ml> to be done as hackers are  ml>> always looking for proxies that they
 ml> can use to jump to other sites  ml>> with...

 FV> I'd rather not use something that allows jumping to other
 FV> sites.

 ml> this is prevented in the setup by specifying where outside connections
 ml> are to be directed to... if left blank, they may be able to bonce off

Oh. Ok. I guess I didn't follow properly. :)

 FV> The mapper I was using is called "Port Mapper". It worked ok
 FV> until I changed the memory in the BBS (R2) from 80 megs to
 FV> 128 megs. I may have some bad memory there, but it's still
 FV> wierd that this simple change caused so much headache.

 ml> i guess the thing that got me was that i wasn't aware of a 3rd party
 ml> port forwarding app for windows... at least not for the 9x series...

Google search turned it up. I think I DL'ed it via Tucows in the end.
The program seemed to work ok until the new memory install. I still
get the BSOD after removing "PortMapper", but not as often.

 ml> decent  ml>> ones available, so i hear... and not really all that
 ml> expensive, AIR...  ml>> i'm guessing maybe $100US or less... linksys
 ml> and dlink are ones that  ml>> come to mind...

 FV> $0 to, maybe $10 would be my limit. My allowance sucks. :-)

 ml> sounds like you need to get that honey-do list completed so she'll
 ml> give ya a bit more to play with ;-)

Hehe... My "do" list is beyond hope as it is.

Frank

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