More firewall changes!

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More firewall changes!

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Team,

I have made a M-A-J-O-R firewall change to combat some of the spam. It's something that I've been working on with my other IT guy for my company and testing for 3+ weeks now and I've finally pulled the trigger on the network that runs TBT.

Everything should run faster faster too since I've thwarted some of the garbage that was sucking bandwidth.

Thanks!
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#2 Post by Shawn »

good work...
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Still having traffic sourcing/spam issues. I believe it's coming through the mail ports.

I've temporarily disabled outgoing mail from the firewall to troubleshoot.

PM's will work but email notifications will NOT until it's fixed.

Thanks!
~Rob - Vice President - Rugged Depot~
~Cell: (630)/300-8877~
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~Fully rugged Toughbook user since April 18th 2005~
~FZ-40ACAAHKM - Primary Toughbook / Workstation as of 7/29/22
~Win10 Pro (Win11 DG), Intel Core i5-1145G7 (up to 4.4GHz), vPro, 14.0" FHD Gloved Multi Touch, 16GB, 1TB Samsung SSD, Intel Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth, 4G EM7690, GPS, Quad Pass (BIOS Selectable), Mic and Infrared 5MP Webcam, Standard Battery, TPM 2.0, Emissive Backlit Keyboard, Dual Batteries, USB A + HDMI + Serial X-PAK, Shoulder Strap, Flat~
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#4 Post by SHEEPMAN! »

As far as I'm concerned I don't need any more email notifications. Getting plenty now. :D

Thanks for hanging in there.

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#5 Post by Rob »

Still getting hammered with a DOS attack that I'm working on blocking.

Literally when the server is plugged into the network the entire network (and my internet connection) goes down.

I'm working remotely which makes matters worse because I have to talk my tech guy though how to work the problem as I cannot work remotely with the server unplugged from the network...

I'm still actively working on this issue. There WILL be downtime. Nothing I can do. Ready to commit suicide on this problem.
~Rob - Vice President - Rugged Depot~
~Cell: (630)/300-8877~
~Owner - Toughbooktalk~
~Fully rugged Toughbook user since April 18th 2005~
~FZ-40ACAAHKM - Primary Toughbook / Workstation as of 7/29/22
~Win10 Pro (Win11 DG), Intel Core i5-1145G7 (up to 4.4GHz), vPro, 14.0" FHD Gloved Multi Touch, 16GB, 1TB Samsung SSD, Intel Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth, 4G EM7690, GPS, Quad Pass (BIOS Selectable), Mic and Infrared 5MP Webcam, Standard Battery, TPM 2.0, Emissive Backlit Keyboard, Dual Batteries, USB A + HDMI + Serial X-PAK, Shoulder Strap, Flat~
~AT&T Business 1GB Fiber 1GB/1GB business static line~
~Gamber & Johnson Platinum Partner~

http://www.toughbooktalk.com
http://downloads.toughbooktalk.com/
http://www.rugged575.com - 300' UHF GMRS Radio Repeater
http://www.crete600.com - 310' UHF Linked GMRS Radio Repeater


~Emergency preparedness starts with reliable communication systems above all. Pretend the internet and cell phones didn’t exist, how will you communicate? If you’re interested in learning more, ask me!~

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