Re: Making Outpost work
From: Mike (NoSpam_at_NoSpam.net)
Date: 03/25/05
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Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 08:36:15 -0500
On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 23:19:29 +0100, Thomas Ludwig
<Thomas.Ludwig@gmx.de> wrote:
>> 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.
I just wish they would fix the bugs in it, like the one that
continually warns about changed components when none have changed....
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