Blame it all on the firewall!

[Jason Clinton]

Matt Luettgen wrote:
> I know what they are, I'm wondering why smoothwall doesnt have them
> closed instead of filtered
>

Okay, you're confused.

Filtered is when a firewall is actively prohibiting anything from going
through a port.

Closed just means that nothing was bound to that port to accept connections.

Filtered is better than closed.

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Jason Clinton
I don't believe in witty sigs.