Re: Zonealarm vs Outpost
From: Ashley (silver2473@aol.complete)Date: 12/31/01
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From: silver2473@aol.complete (Ashley) Date: 31 Dec 2001 04:02:56 GMT
>But how do you know to configure Outpost or Tiny Personal Firewall to
>disallow
>parasite.exe any server privileges?
you simply DENY parasite.exe's access to the internet altogether. when it asks
for permission, say no...
>after the contents of your hard drive have been uploaded to god knows who)
>that the program is conversing with servers on the internet without your
>knowledge, particularly if it's using ports like 80, 110, 119, 5190, etc....
actually, tiny and outpost are much more configureable than ZA (free version,
at least, the pro has more options from what i've heard). outpost and tiny let
you designate ports, directions, protocols, and even specific remote or local
addresses for programs (so, say, AOL instant messanger can only connect to
specific AOL-owned IP addresses).>If Outpost or Tiny do not ask in the way
>that Zone Alarm asks, then it must allow it to pass right on through unless
>you've been endowed with supernatural knowledge of every program capable of
>accessing the 'net on your computer and you've configured them all in your
>firewall.
in outpost there are many modes- allow all, allow most (except for those that
you haven't specifically blocked), block most (except what is specifically
allowed), and rules wizard - which is basically the same idea as zone alarm,
outpost alerts you of outgoing connections and, asks you to 'allow all,' 'block
all,' 'allow once,' 'block once,' or create a specified rule.
> At least Zone Alarm lets you know. It sounds like some of these others
>depend on you to know what you've installed
no, outpost and tiny (at least from what i can remember) both ask, and are much
more configureable than zone alarm. basically, zone alarm is very easy to use
and works pretty well- i had it for a long time- but if you want to be able to
specify ports/protocols/specific remote ip addresses, you'll either have to pay
for zone alarm pro or use something more like outpost or tiny. hth!
Ashley
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