Steven W. Erbach
serbach at new.rr.com
Wed Jul 28 07:37:38 CDT 2004
Jon, >> It blocks pop-ups. I assume that zonealarm does as well, but I had google before zonealarm, so I've never bothered to check :-) << The commercial version of ZoneAlarm has an interesting array of privacy settings. You may: * block session cookies * block persistent cookies * block 3rd party cookies * disable web bugs * remove private header information * force cookie expiration * block banner/skyscraper ads * block pop-up/pop-under ads * block animation * fill the space of a blocked ad with # nothing # a box with the word "[AD]" # a box that allows the ad to appear upon mouseover * block javascript * block vbscript (and others) * block embedded objects (java, ActiveX) * block mime-type integrated objects All of these things may be turned on or off. I still don't understand all this, but I've certainly seen the effects on certain sites. For example, if I've got "remove private header information" checked then I can't see many of the comic strips on comics pages web sites. Pamela sends me a number of those each week. For a while I couldn't figure out why I couldn't see them. Turned out to be ZoneAlarm. I like it. I don't even mind the annual fee. Regards, Steve Erbach Scientific Marketing Neenah, WI "IBM had every chance to end the Windows monopoly with OS/2 but shot itself in the foot, ankle, shin, knee, and hip, reloading each time, before giving up." - Jerry Pournelle