http://theinquirer.net/?article=29157
>The company says it will fix the "bug" soon. In the meantime you can work >around it by adding: ># Block access to ZoneLabs Server >127.0.0.1 zonelabs.com >to your Windows host file. On 2/4/06, Dave Korn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ivan . wrote: > > >> observed 'spyware phoning home' but who are then completely unable > >> to give any details about the contents or destination of the packets > > read the article again Dave, you'll find that he did provide the ip > > address of the destination servers to Zonelaram > > > There is NO ip address listed in Cringely's article whatsoever. > > The URL of the article (see post at the top of this thread) is > http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/01/13/73792_03OPcringley_1.html > > The single paragraph he wrote about ZA contains this text: > > " A Perfect Spy? It seems that ZoneAlarm Security Suite has been phoning > home, even when told not to. Last fall, InfoWorld Senior Contributing Editor > James Borck discovered ZA 6.0 was surreptitiously sending encrypted data > back to four different servers, despite disabling all of the suite's > communications options. Zone Labs denied the flaw for nearly two months, > then eventually chalked it up to a "bug" in the software -- even though > instructions to contact the servers were set out in the program's XML code. > A company spokesmodel says a fix for the flaw will be coming soon and > worried users can get around the bug by modifying their Host file settings. > However, there's no truth to the rumor that the NSA used ZoneAlarm to spy on > U.S. citizens. " > > > Now, show me which bit of that is an IP address, or admit you are > bullshitting. > > cheers, > DaveK > -- > Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ > _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
