Re: Zone Alarm Disconnects Router from Internet

From: Wolfgang Kueter (wolfgang_at_shconnect.de)
Date: 11/22/05 

Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 21:56:53 +0100

Jock wrote:

> On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 21:07:39 +0100, Wolfgang Kueter <wolfgang@shconnect.de>
> wrote:

>>That is easy:
>>
>>1. Shut down all unwanted services.
>>2. Use the winXP built in packet filter if you feel you need to filter
>>incoming traffic.
>>3. Install only software from sources you trust and use only software you
>>trust.
>>4. Don't run software that has has a bad history concerning security.
>>5. Always use you computer with user rights, never work with administrator
>>rights.
>>6. Use Administrator access only for short periods when you really
>>need it (install software and patches, change system settings etc.).
>>
>>All that refers to the box itself and it is is enough. No need for
>>snake-oil and the result is a safe box.
>>
>>If you want to do some more: There is nothing wrong to filter traffic on
>>the perimeter (incoming and outgoing if you like) with a separate device.
>
> If I knew what you were talking about I might be able to do all
> this.

Sorry, but I can't do much about it that you lack knowledge of
security basics. Get yourself some good books about computer security and
read them. After that read them again.

> As it stands the machine is perfectly clean and has been for
> years.

Are you sure? If yes, well fine. Sit back and relax.

> This is not sufficiently serious to worry about too much,
> and does not in any way affect security.
>
> I'll try to find a USER newsgroup that talks the language of users.

Well, if you prefer to discuss a serious topic in some forum with people
who mostly have really no clue, well, just do so. But don't come back here
whinig because you 'just clicked that checkbox' and afterwards your system
was screwed up.

Wolfgang

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