Re: Odd behavior on Windows XP when running Sygate Personal Firewall Standard 5.6.2808

[AgentSmith15 <agentsmith15 () gmail com>]

I thought Sygate isn't supported anymore?
Symantec bought them out sometime ago...

On 4/21/06, kx <kxmail () gmail com> wrote:
> This is just and FYI and workaround should anyone else encounter the
> same problem.
>
> SPF includes a "DoS protection" and "Protocol Driver-Level Protection"
> mechanism:
> http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf/whatsnew_spf.htm
>
> When I run nmap with the firewall turned on, either specifically or by
> error, SPF is killing my ethernet card, and forcing me to reboot. If I
> simply exit the program while I run nmap, I can then start SPF back up
> after I am finished.
>
> Not really sure what is going on, or if it is even one of these
> mechanisms, but it is definitely SPF that is causing the issue.  I did
> not have the issue with SPF 5.1.
>
> I had never seen "Hardware Error" messages before when trying ping.
>
> Cheers,
>   kx
>
>
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