Re: Making Outpost work
From: Thomas Ludwig (Thomas.Ludwig_at_gmx.de)
Date: 03/22/05
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Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 23:19:29 +0100
> I am on XP Pro + SP1 and have taken out a trial of Outpost Pro 2.5.
>
> I am finding it quite hard configuring this firewall. At the moment
> my Opera browser gets blocked whenever my third-party clipboard
> manager (Yankee Clipper) pastes a URL into the address bar.
>
> Outpost complains about the clipboard utility trying to change a
> component of the brwoser.
I'm not familiar with this utility, but you should try to understand what
it's doing. Aside from that you can configure component control in OP - you
can even disable it but that's not recommended. Read the manual and go to
the OP forum at http://www.outpostfirewall.com/forum/ where you will get a
lot of help.
> Huh? I don't understand it and what's
> worse i don't know how to prevent Outpost blocking the browser at
> that point.
Just because you have a lack of understanding doesn't mean that there are
no threats around. As a matter of fact they are becoming more and more
severe. Protecting a computer is a complex task, and gaining some knowledge
about it is inevitable. In my view, OP offers a level of protection no
other PFW does. E.g., it protects against nearly all known leaktests
contrary to other competing products. But it's only one element of
protection - others are: a good antivirus program, replacing IE and Outlook
by Firefox and Thunderbird, surfing only under a restricted user account,
keeping one's brain switched on (probably the most important one).
>
> I do NOT REALLY NEED FEATURES for mail attachments, cookies, ActiveX,
> scripts, etc. Those things my I do well enough in the browser or in
> my antivirus software and I don't have a MAJOR NEED for a second line
> of defense against them.
Are you sure? The big advantage of OP is its abilty to block all the Active
Content you mentioned by default thus protecting you against the associated
risks. On the other hand you can selectively allow one or several of these
active elements for specific sites which you consider trustworthy - a great
feature.
>
> As beackground I have used:
>
> Sygate Free 5.5 and Sygate Pro 5.5 and both were ok (reporting is
> better than others but I would have like even more reporting tools).
>
> free Kerio (2.1.5) but reporting and user interface were always a bit
> too tricky to use comfortably.
>
> Zone Alarm Pro 4.5 but I continually get alert messages about
> loopback 127.0.0.1 and suspected application hijacking (EG when the
> browser calls the emailer). Reporting is not good either.
>
> Is it worth me trying a different firewall?
Well, I've tried all above firewalls before I switched to Outpost. OP
offers the best protection and value for me. It's getting better and better
with each new version, and it's very stable.
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