Re: Browser privacy and ZoneAlarm

From: RoboZ (RoboZ@xs4all.nl)
Date: 01/15/02 

From: RoboZ <RoboZ@xs4all.nl>
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 10:03:46 +0100

Thanks. I'll check out the programs and your previous posts.

On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 21:16:19 GMT, mtubi@python.net (sponge) wrote:

> I don't understand you question. ZoneAlarm has little to do with
>privacy per se except that it may block out the occasional spyware. If
>you are asking how to set ZA on it's most secure mode, set the right
>slider to HIGH. The left can be to most restrictive you require. Hope
>you have disabled NetBIOS (see http://grc.com.)
> If you're trying to protect your privacy, you need a little more than
>ZA. Here are 5 free ways to protect your privacy and security:
>
>1. Get Ad-Aware to root out spyware.
>
>2. Get Proxomitron - it hides referrer URLs.
>
>3. Delete all your cookies (including the index.dat files for IE),
>create dummy files with the same name, and then write protect all the
>index.dat files. This permanently deletes the ability for IE and
>Netscape to store cookies, yet maintains full functionality on the
>web.
>
>4. Get DNSKong - blocks DNS lookups. Kind of like HOSTS but much more
>efficient: you only need to specify one domain and every domain with
>that name is blocked. For example, to block 24/7 Media's 200+ ad
>servers, I jsut have to put "247media" in DNSKong's config file, and
>all their servers by that name are blocked. I posted a list recently
>in alt.privacy.spyware and will post it again if requested. May need
>companion eDexter program for some programs, particularly if you use
>Netscape. I posted a config file in alt.privacy.spyware under DNSKong
>configuration file on 12/18.
>
>5. Get an IP flitering firewall like Tiny Personal Firewall (which,
>BTW, works very nicely with ZA free version.) I have a list of
>spyware-related IP addresses that can be blocked. Alternatively, if
>you have a lot of patience, you can configure TPF in a restrictive
>mode such as to only allow access to IP address of which you approve,
>and disallow all else. If you want my list, it's posted in
>alt.privacy.spyware under "Re: Disabling Spyware - Programming
>Code/Techniques". I'll repost it upon request.
>
>NSKong (older version which I prefer)
>http://accs-net.com/hosts/DNSKong.html
>DNSKong (newer version, easier to install)
>http://www.pyrenean.com
>
>Proxomitron
>http://proxomitron.org
>
>Tiny Personal Firewall
>http://www.tinysoftware.com
>http://www.webattack.com/get/tinyfw.shtml

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