Francisco Tapia
fhtapia at gmail.com
Fri Oct 1 23:46:33 CDT 2004
Thanks John, for those out there looking for AV software they can get for free (I mean I like trend micro for me, and if you can afford it, then for you too). Check out Avast! A/V for personal use, it's free and works well.. has good standings... a bit of a resource, compared to quality A/V like TrendMicro, but way better than Norton and McAfee A/V. On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 09:15:03 -0400, John W. Colby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote: > Damn Francisco, that's two out of two for you. First Firefox, a great > browser (thanks) and now Sygate, a very nice software firewall (thanks). I > have always used Zonealarm but it is nice being able to see things. Graphs > even! I always felt like I was flying blind and hoping that Zonealarm was > doing what it oughta. > > John W. Colby > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Francisco Tapia > Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 1:22 PM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] security (was: Child's play) > > a good hardware firewall will keep any other kind of connection out, but it > won't prevent software from calling home, that's what software firewalls do. > I prefer Sygate to ZoneAlarm tho. > > On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 11:48:41 -0500, Drew Wutka <dbatech at wolfwares.com> > wrote: > > I wouldn't run Zone Alarm on top of a router firewall. That's just > > silly. > > > > Drew > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of John Bartow > > Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 9:43 AM > > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > > Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] security (was: Child's play) > > > > You are correct in your assumptions! Like I said, I've never had this > > issue happen to me. Doesn't mean it can't happen! > > :o) > > > > At this point I would have uninstalled the entire suite. cleaned the > > PC and reinstalled it. The most problematic NIS installation I worked > > on (nothing compared to your example) was one where the owner > > installed it. > > > > On this subject I just got off the phone with a small business client > > who recently moved his office complex from Cable access to DSL (cost > > wise was much better). He has been having problems with just about > > everything since then. He just called and asked me to come and > > straighten it out for him. He had called the DSL company support this > > morning and had a tech tell him that they couldn't help him while he > > was running a firewall and anti-virus program AND that these things > > were totally unnecessary with their internet access because of their > > security. He said the tech claimed that the router was all the > > protection he needed. > > > > Anyone else heard this kind of advice lately?! > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Francisco > > Tapia > > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 12:09 PM > > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Child's play > > > > Yes I did try to invoke "Permit All" from the Firewall configuration, > > under the Programs Tab, I found IE and FireFox, I set both of them > > from Automatic to Permit All, while the Firewall was invoked, there > > was NO internet access. I disabled the NIS firewall and I had my > > internet back, I installed Sygate Personal Firewall, reboot, and > > resumed using the pc, this time I was able to get to the internet w/ > > either IE or FireFox depending on their Allow/Block stataus. > > > > so to me NIS was a hassle... IF the program has been given "PERMIT > > ALL" status for communication, I understand that to mean that the > > program has FULL permissions to access the INTERNET. > > > > what part of that am I confusing? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > -- > -Francisco > http://ft316db.VOTEorNOT.org _______________________________________________ > > > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- -Francisco http://ft316db.VOTEorNOT.org <a href="http://pcthis.blogspot.com">Pc This! with out the jargon</a>