On Tuesday 21 September 2004 04:57, Tom Allison wrote: > > At the risk of provoking the usual "WELL GO RUN WINDOWS THEN!!!" > > knee-jerk reaction, I will mention that the Gatesware-based firewall > > packages (like "Zone Alarm") will detect *outgoing* connection attempts > > and query whether they are legitimate. > > > > There has been some dicsuscion on the net w/r/t the fact that apparently > > the later (per)versions of Gatesware have some "trojans" embedded in the > > OS, which will connect to Billsoft to report your social security > > number, sexual preference, etc. etc. - the point being that (allegedly)
Well, there isn't any easy way i know of to do this on linux, however, it really is a case of a solution in search of a problem. This sort of thing really isn't an issue with free software, or really with any properly designed system. -- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ ( t | i | m | @ | i | t | . | k | p | t | . | c | c ) \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ GPG key fingerprint = 1DEE CD9B 4808 F608 FBBF DC21 2807 D7D3 09CA 85BF -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]