If you check the source of the graphic, it's: http://image.grc.com which is a secure directory on the grc website. The directory on the rfny.us server is also a secure directory (using Apache/1.3.33 Server at www.rfny.us)
Come on guys - y'all know you can't access secure sites without authentication, which means that since FR is the only authenticated referrer, your browser MUST pass referrer info to the secure site. If your system is configured to prevent that, you are not going to get the pics.
MSDN indicates that when configuring services running on a server, one can specify the port or port range that the service will use, & those with lower priority should use the higher range. It also indicates that, if not specified, additional ports (over common assigned ports) are assigned a random range.
I don't see the problem here. If you guys still want more answers, I recommend you check the following resources:
A tech security discussion forum on grc.com: http://www.grc.com/discussions.htm
The solution is simple - either enable website tracking in your firewall or other security software, or not.
Or just get a packet sniffer and see what info is transmitted on the port in question.
Thanks RebelTex!
The voice of sanity - how refreshing (almost as good as that Lone Star Beer).
I'm happy to know that the server space that rfny.us RENTS is set up to be secure.
Thanks again!
thanks, I will try that.
I've been told that this whole thing may be as simple as this... the photos that have been stored on another server probably look like "banner ads" to Zone Alarm.
Maybe it's not necessary to turn off Zone Alarm or Norton's, but just disable the "block banner ads" feature, if you've got that set.
This could explain why I see the pictures even though Steve Gibson's site says all my ports are secure.
My firewall is WinXP SP2, and I'm not blocking banner ads.
Okay... Thanks for the links. (Yeah, I need to do my homework... but it's bugging me that I have to become a %^&*$! networking expert. oh well...).
But, I have a couple of questions...
Why would grc.com be concerned about security on a bunch of trivial web-page graphics files? I can access their site otherwise, and get all the printed info; it's just the icons that I can't see... What earthly reason is there to clamp security of some sort on *those*?
Also, when I access their site (or "rfny", or whoever) *directly*, as opposed to through FR, there's no referrer. So what could they be looking for then, that they're not finding? (yeah, it's probably in the documents... I'll look.) (and I'll get a packet sniffer).
What I really want is to figure out a way to feed all these sites a big pile of garbage, when they try to ID me - just because I have a bad attitude.