Re: A couple of Kerio Firewall Questions.

From: Alastair Smeaton (smeaton_at_dsl.pipex.com)
Date: 05/31/03 

Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 14:20:29 +0100

On Sat, 31 May 2003 07:45:09 -0400, "\"Crash\" Dummy"
<dvader@deathstar.mil> wrote:

>>While visiting web sites your browser reveals private information about you
>>and your computer. It sends information about previous sites you have
>>visited. It may also save special cookies on your hard drive that have the
>>purpose of directing advertising or finding out your habits while web
>>surfing."
>
>>Is this minor "scaremongering" by PCFlank or is it something I really need
>>to be concerned about? No other test site seems to be worried about it. They
>>then went on to say.
>
>It is scaremongering by PCFlank. I thought Symantec was the only one that did
>that. The "previous sites" is one site, the one that had the hyperlink that got
>you there, if you used one. Most firewalls don't have a "referer" blocking
>feature. A few do, and they make a big deal out of it. It is not really a
>firewall function. Cookie control is also not a firewall function, and cookies
>can easily be blocked with browser settings.
>
>I am not familiar with the Sponge ruleset, so someone else will have to tackle
>that question.

If you need to contact Microsoft for updates, or messenger, or
hotmail, then delete that rule or "untick" it

It is not a problem.

I find that when I start with Sponges ruleset, I untick the "block
all" rule - that way kerio alerts me when I try to contact out
something which it does not know about e.g. for a hotmail account, or
peer-to-peer.

After I have "trained" kerio to suit my internet activity, I then
reinstate the block all rule - you can now carry on in relative safety 

-- 
Alastair Smeaton

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