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Can you explain Xtreme Fone.net's Firewall?

Applies To
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Windows 98 Windows 2000 - Pro Windows 2000 - Server Windows XP - Home Windows XP - Pro

Answer
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Xtreme Fone.net’s Ultra Secure Firewall protects you through its “stealth mode” of operation. It masks the fact that your computer has a TCP/IP address and TCP/IP ports by not responding to the port scanner. Since the port scanner sees no response from its probe, it assumes that there is no computer available and moves on to another TCP/IP address leaving your TCP/IP address safe.

To keep your PC easy to use, yet protected while on the Internet, Xtreme Fone.net’s Firewall is set up in the following manner:

Outbound access – all of your TCP/IP ports are open for outbound access so that you can send requests out to the Internet and get the results back with no hindrance.

Inbound access – all of your TCP/IP ports are closed for unsolicited inbound access so that nothing is allowed into your computer – unless you specifically allow it.

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