[conspire] Symantec router (was Re: running ifconfig - getting errors and collisions)

[Daniel Gimpelevich]

I assume you're referring to the latest version of the firmware, dated
November 21:
ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/products/symantec_firewall_vpn_appliance/updates/vpn100_build18F.zip
The readme file says to install it using the "nxtftp" or "nxtftpw"
utility. The former is for DOS and the latter for Windows. They are
located on the CD that came with the device. The procedure is described at:
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/firewallvpnkb.nsf/0/60dbb5be7d7156b888256d5e007559be

On Mon, 29 May 2006 17:26:27 -0700, Andrew Porter wrote:

> I have a symantec firewall/router, VPN-100, and cable,
> and some months ago it started dropping the connection 
> extremely frequently.  Nosing around in google searchs,
> the likeliest explanation seemed to be malformed packets
> trying to break into the Symantec box.  A few weeks later,
> the problem went away; my conjecture is that the malformed
> packets were filtered out upstream (at comcast, which is 
> my wire to the world).  Conjecture untested.  And assumption
> that malformed packets were malicious also untested.
> 
> I found and downloaded from the Net the proposed upgrade
> to the Symantec firmware, but couldn't figure out how to =
> upload it from my computer to the Symantec box.  So I still
> have old firmware.  
> 
> - Andrew Porter, app at jedp.com
> Livermore, CA