RE: Loading the ZoneAlarm firewall early

From: Peter Knauer (peterk@runbox.com)
Date: 12/07/01 

From: "Peter Knauer" <peterk@runbox.com>
To: <security-basics@lists.securityfocus.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 19:11:07 -0500

Zone Alarm Pro loads as a service at startup, you can see "TrueVector
Internet Monitor", which is the filewall, and "TrueVector Basic Logging
Client".

Unless there is a way to prioritize the loading of services so you could
load zone alarm before most other services to get it loaded quicker, but
I doubt you can with windowz.

Otherwise use a hardware router/firewall to protect your computer.

Peter Knauer

-----Original Message-----
From: Christophe Hoisey [mailto:hoisey.pro@wanadoo.fr]
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 12:33 AM
To: Kartik Trivedi; Nicholas & Anthony McKenzie
Cc: Peter Tien; security-basics@lists.securityfocus.com
Subject: RE: Loading the ZoneAlarm firewall early

Test Firdaemon (http://www.firedaemon.com/) to create a windows services

-----Message d'origine-----
De : Kartik Trivedi [mailto:kvt@eudoramail.com]
Envoyé : mercredi 5 décembre 2001 17:56
À : Nicholas & Anthony McKenzie
Cc : Peter Tien; security-basics@lists.securityfocus.com
Objet : Re: Loading the ZoneAlarm firewall early

I guess thats not the solution.

I have been practically able to get into the machine at reboot before
zonealarm starts. Any solution?

-kartik
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nicholas & Anthony McKenzie" <themac@iinet.net.au>
Cc: "Peter Tien" <ptien@coolfire.com>;
<security-basics@lists.securityfocus.com>
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 7:44 PM
Subject: Re: Loading the ZoneAlarm firewall early

> in the configure menu there is an option that you can flag to "load
> zonealram at startup".
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Maryanne Peaslee" <mpeaslee@symantec.com>
> To: "Meritt James" <meritt_james@bah.com>
> Cc: "Peter Tien" <ptien@coolfire.com>;
> <security-basics@lists.securityfocus.com>
> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 12:49 PM
> Subject: Re: Loading the ZoneAlarm firewall early
>
>
> >
> > If you only load it at startup, theoretically you are at risk for
> > those
> few
> > seconds between booting and Windows loading.
> >
> > Maryanne
> >
> >
> >
> > "Meritt James"
> > <meritt_james@ To: Peter Tien
> <ptien@coolfire.com>
> > bah.com> cc:
> security-basics@lists.securityfocus.com
> > Subject: Re: Loading
the
> ZoneAlarm firewall early
> > 11/29/2001
> > 10:38 AM
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Lotsa trouble. Why not just start Zonealarm, go to the
> > configuration tab and select "Load ZoneAlarm at startup"?
> >
> > Peter Tien wrote:
> > >
> > > By default Zone Alarm should start when the machine boots up. If
> > > it is
> > not then you can add a string value to the registry to start it. Add

> > it
> in:
> > >
> > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE->SOFTWARE->Microsoft->Windows->CurrentVersion->
> > > Run
> > >
> > > There should be a entry there for it already, if not, then create
> > > it.
As
> > always back up your registry before tinkering. If things go bad, at
least
> > you can restore it.
> > >
> > > -pete
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Poole, Clifton [mailto:Poolec@ndu.edu]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 1:04 PM
> > > To: security-basics@lists.securityfocus.com
> > > Subject: Loading the ZoneAlarm firewall early
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I would like to have my personal firewall loaded as soon as
> > > possible
> when
> > my
> > > 2K box boots up. I have searched the Zone Labs for a command line
> > options
> > > but could not find anything. What is available in 2K? Do I use
> > > the
> > win.ini
> > > file to load it? This seems simple to do, but I can not figure it
out.
> > >
> > >
> > > Home
> >
> > --
> > James W. Meritt CISSP, CISA
> > Booz | Allen | Hamilton
> > phone: (410) 684-6566
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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