Re: ZoneAlarm - letting my computer clock contact the TimeServer

From: Clark (clark_at_outthere.com)
Date: 03/25/05 

Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 07:22:35 -0600

Thanks for all the advice. I ended up installing Dimension 4 and
keeping ZA active. I also reset ZA back to the defaults on the Ports,
so the only thing different now is that I have another app running in
the background, synching the time every 15 minutes.

Clark

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 07:45:39 -0600, Clark <clark@outthere.com> wrote:

>On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 08:02:36 -0600, Clark <clark@outthere.com> wrote:
>
>>I need a bit of help here.
>>
>>My computer clock is not keeping time accurately, so I'd like for it
>>to contact the Internet timeserver frequently.
>>
>>ZoneAlarm 5.5 keeps the clock from accessing the timeserver. If I
>>deactivate ZA, the time gets reset properly. Or if I deactivate ZA and
>>turn on MS's firewall, the time still gets reset. So, it's just ZA
>>only.
>>
>>How can I tell ZA to let the clock contact the timeserver?
>>
>>Thanks for any help here. I tried to ask the question on the
>>Zonelabs website, but funny thing, I kept getting the "Cannot find
>>server" error.
>>
>>Clark
>
>
>Well, maybe I answered my own question, so possibly someone can tell
>me if this method is OK. I determined that the NTP protocol (Port
>119) is the one that allows for time synchronization. So, I went to
>the ZA control panel, under Main->Custom. There wasn't any NTP port
>listed there, so I arbitrarily selected "Allow incoming UDP ports" and
>put 119 as the port number. Is that OK? It works, anyway... I
>just want to make sure I'm not opening my computer up to folks who
>want to get into it.
>
>Now, does anyone know how to force several time syncs per day? I'm
>using XP, SP2. This computer clock is really bad and needs frequent
>re-setting.
>
>Thanks!
>