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Help and Support Forums => Technical Support => Topic started by: rogerdee on October 23, 2003, 11:32:11 AM

Title: firewalls
Post by: rogerdee on October 23, 2003, 11:32:11 AM

hi guys is there any way to configure a fire wall so i can use the game but stop some bugger trying to get in my pc.

  I got a norton personal fire wall any ideas, all herlp will be appreacated

Title: firewalls
Post by: Skuzzy on October 23, 2003, 12:20:45 PM

Aces High uses a random subset of ports in the range of 2000-5000.  These ports are safe to open (4400 is the only questionable port and if you have the security updates from Microsoft, then it is safe).

The actual ports that represent a security problem are all below 1000.

Title: firewalls
Post by: rogerdee on October 23, 2003, 12:37:05 PM

thanks for a quick relpy

sorry for not knowing much about pcs but will it be ok to turn firewall off to play the game or do i have to arrange the ports and if so how?

Title: firewalls
Post by: Skuzzy on October 23, 2003, 01:37:46 PM

I cannot tell you the mechanics of setting that firewall up, but the ports 2000-5000 should be opened for TCP and UDP.

Title: firewalls
Post by: Roscoroo on October 23, 2003, 01:57:57 PM

Beshure that you allow incoming / outgoing traffic  for those ports also . alot of guys /and types of firewalls just allow incoming traffic .

Title: firewalls
Post by: mrblack on October 23, 2003, 06:04:24 PM

Zone alarm is free and works well with AH

Title: Re: firewalls
Post by: spiffykraits on October 24, 2003, 03:52:04 AM

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Originally posted by rogerdee
hi guys is there any way to configure a fire wall so i can use the game but stop some bugger trying to get in my pc.

  I got a norton personal fire wall any ideas, all herlp will be appreacated

Open Norton Internet Security - on the top menu open options, then advanced options, then firewall. then "add" Aces High.exe with the add button (browse to the AH.exe and select it)) as the allowable program. Let both TCP and UDP through on ports 2000-5000 as the selected services, both incoming and outgoing.  Keep your Norton Firewall running when playing - works fine, should block everything else except Aces High if you have it on "medium" or default security setting.  Privacy can be kept on "high"