[AccessD] OT: Firewall

Rocky,

There have been a lot of problems with the 6.x versions of ZoneAlarm,
but most if not all were solved in the latest build.  The best advice
seems to be to do a clean install, not an upgrade.  That requires you to
retrain the critter, but it presents no other problems that I've
encountered.  You do need the software firewall to prevent outgoing
unauthorized traffic.

Charlotte Foust


-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
- Beach Access Software
Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 8:07 AM
To: AccessD at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: [AccessD] OT: Firewall


I\'m having a huge problem getting Zone Alarm on one of our computers
I've used it for years with no problem, upgraded this one box from
Version 3 to the latest, it blocks internet access and give a page full
of instructions on how to solve the problem - none of which work.  

Uninstalled, reinstalled,  cleaned registry per their instructions,
renamed the internet log, blah, blah.

At the moment the machine is behind the router firewall (like all of
them) so I don't know if I should be too concerned but I've always run a
firewall on each machine in addition to the hardware firewall in the
Linksys.

I'm not wedded to Zone Alarm and I'm looking at Sygate's product (
another free one : http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm) .
Anyone know about this?  Any other recommendations for a personal
firewall?

Thanks and regards,

Rocky
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