-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 most current adsl2/2+ modems now have full configurable firewalls and QoS and IDS and ICMP ping on or off. sygate is better for a free firewall than zonealarm
Kees Vonk wrote: > Arrakistor wrote: >> 'real firewall' as in something physical and external to your >> computer. Such as a router. even one of those cheap linksys wrt54g >> where you can load up custom firmware, and schedule QoS so all your >> cool traffic speeds right over your encrypted porn downloads, all the >> while blocking icmp and other useless traffic. wish i had QoS... > > I am using IPCop for that, but that does not give me the control over > which programs can access the internet, so I prefer to use both. > > Kees > >> Regards, >> Arrakistor >> >> Thursday, September 14, 2006, 12:09:58 AM, you wrote: >> >>> Arrakistor wrote: >>>> Kees, >>>> >>>> I see this problem all the time. >>>> To avoid this, you must uninstall zone alarm and get a real firewall. >>>> Then contact zone alarm, tell them they make a crappy product and why. >>>> >>> I posted my message on the zonealarm forum as well, so I hope to find >>> out what is going on soon. >>> http://forum.zonelabs.org/zonelabs/board/message?board.id=gen&message.id=37070 >>> Kees >>> PS. Can you expand on 'real firewall' please. >> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (MingW32) iD8DBQFFCQWLGkOzwaes7JsRA3R5AJ0T2ycG3kWTvcRDzY67x0kVmc/cyACeK6+C y53tBDzIHBbVBRjl1WFDyJY= =F4Ms -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----