Re: [CGUYS] Speaking of firewalls.. was Re: [CGUYS] Windows Update/ Zone Alarm

2008-07-20 Thread mike 
I have a buffalo router flashed with a linux based firmware that allows for
greater flexibility.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ddwrt

Mike

On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Paul Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 There was a review of Linux/BSD based firewalls this
 year on the Linux Action Show but I think the products
 veered toward network scale.

 Checkout One Laptop Per Child project laptop.org


 --- On Wed, 7/9/08, mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  From: mike [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Subject: [CGUYS] Speaking of firewalls.. was Re: [CGUYS] Windows Update/
 Zone Alarm
  To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
  Date: Wednesday, July 9, 2008, 11:51 PM
  I've been looking around for a free firewall program
  that will allow the
  importation of blocklists...any suggestions appreciated,
  running vista
  64bit.
 
  Mike
 
 
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Re: [CGUYS] Speaking of firewalls.. was Re: [CGUYS] Windows Update/ Zone Alarm

2008-07-10 Thread Fred Holmes 
At 11:51 PM 7/9/2008, mike wrote:
I've been looking around for a free firewall program that will allow the
importation of blocklists...any suggestions appreciated, running vista
64bit.

Mike

I'm not sure about importation, but blocklists are generally supported by 1) 
routers, 2) parental control software, and 3) a Windows configuration file 
called the hosts file.  (hosts.  no extension)  All these are something I've 
just read about, not anything I've actually used.  From the description I've 
seen of the hosts file, it's just an ASCII file, and one could easily paste in 
a list of items to be blocked, if that would be considered importation.  
IIRC; I haven't done anything currently to refresh my memory.  Some seem to do 
IP addresses, some URLs. 

I don't know whether the router's setup web page would allow the copy/pasting 
of multiple addresses in one operation or not.

I suspect that with all these alternatives, the firewall writers haven't been 
really concerned about having a blocklists as part of the firewall, although it 
seems that it would make sense.  Is there any particular reason you want to do 
it with a firewall.

If you Google Windows hosts file you get lots of information.  Dunno if it 
really works.

Fred Holmes 


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Re: [CGUYS] Speaking of firewalls.. was Re: [CGUYS] Windows Update/ Zone Alarm

2008-07-10 Thread Chris Dunford 
 If you Google Windows hosts file you get lots of information.  Dunno
 if it really works.

It does. :)


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[CGUYS] Speaking of firewalls.. was Re: [CGUYS] Windows Update/ Zone Alarm

2008-07-09 Thread mike 
I've been looking around for a free firewall program that will allow the
importation of blocklists...any suggestions appreciated, running vista
64bit.

Mike


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