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Posted by S. Pidgorny on July 2, 2005, 10:59 pm
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Please refer to Configuring ZoneAlarm with ActiveSync by Raj Pillai, a Mobil
Devices MVP - http://www.cewindows.net/raj/ZA.html
The right newsgroup to ask more questions would be
microsoft.public.pocketpc.activesync
HTH
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Svyatoslav Pidgorny, MS MVP - Security, MCSE
-= F1 is the key =-
> I ca't find a more suitable group to ask this question in, so appologies
in
> advance if its the wrong one.
> I am running WinXPSP2 and ActiveSync 3.7.7 along with Zone Alarm Pro and a
> dialup broadband Internet service.
> I have no problems synching my PPC with my PC via my USB port, but am
> somewhat concerned that when Active sync is running it requests, via ZA,
> internet access and internet server rights. The synch will not work unless
I
> grant these.
> ZA then indicates that 'ApplicationLayer Gateway Service' and 'Connection
> Manager' are listening to a shedfull of ports including 990, 1026, 5679
and
> 7438. Now this is fine and dandy (I don't care a fig) if I am not
connected
> to the Internet. (I assume that I am not unless I connect to my ISP even
> though my modem is connected to somewhere at 1.1Mbps) but when I am, a
quick
> trip to grc.com confirms that the ports are open and presumably just
sitting
> there waiting for a friendly drive by port scanner to reveal all my
secrets
> to the wide world of hackers.
> I am unable to find any options to switch off the Internet bit of active
> sync, even though it's obviously not needed to sync my PPC.
> Can someone please shed some light on
> a. Whats going on
> b. How can I stop it going on
>
> TIA Trevor
>
>
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