Firewall warned of nuke attack from forums

Black XR6 · 26-10-2005, 07:31 PM

Logging onto fordforums my firewall warned me of a nuke attack from fordforums.

206.225.84.45

Any ideas?

**Falcon Coupe** · 26-10-2005, 07:45 PM

You didn't know a bloke by the name of River Phoenix at some stage did you ?

b2tf · 26-10-2005, 07:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Black XR6

Logging onto fordforums my firewall warned me of a nuke attack from fordforums.

206.225.84.45

Any ideas?

We do this every now and then to keep things interesting.

RED_EL_XR8 · 26-10-2005, 08:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Black XR6

Logging onto fordforums my firewall warned me of a nuke attack from fordforums.

206.225.84.45

Any ideas?

Software firewall I take it. I think you program may have got it wrong, be sure you have your firewall software patches kept use up-to-date.

Black XR6 · 26-10-2005, 09:33 PM

Fair enough. Didnt think Ford forums actually tried a nuke attack. but maybe someone hacked something or I dont know. Just thought id post as its never happened to me before.

Carry on.

luke · 27-10-2005, 02:12 PM

Commercial firewalls tend to blow everything out of proportion and make any anomaly sound far worse than it actually is, hence why I don't have one.

Pedro · 27-10-2005, 08:19 PM

These days you're asking for trouble if you don't have a good firewall. If you install it correctly it will tell you what it's doing and not send out any false alarms.