On 1 January 2002 at 7:09 pm Alan wrote: > I just loaded the page and haven't looked at it yet. So I thought I'd > ask this out of ignorance anyway (LOL). Is this Outpost any better > than, say, ZoneAlarm - also freeware? Does it pass the tests at > www.grc.com (such as the Shields Up! and more importantly the Leak > Test)? I have to wonder what the preset rules are.. All I can think of > is that it allows TB to send and retrieve mail even if the Internet is > "Locked" (if Outpost has such a feature as ZA).
"No" is the one-word answer ;) As it turns out, I removed it because it "forgets" all the settings after restarting the machine, and turns out to be too complex for not enough gain. So I didn't have the chance to do the Gibson tests, much as I'd have liked to. It guesses what an application is trying to do on first connection to The Internet and applies rules from templates (either specific ones such as "The Bat!" or generic ones such as "browser"). Unfortunately it sometimes guesses wrongly and undoing the mistake is awkward ... I noted that, for some reason, the TB! log file is shorter when Outpost is installed, which suggests that a transparent proxy or similar is making its presence felt (there are various "ad filters" and other plugins). From bad experiences with such transparent proxies before (specifically Panda AntiVirus) this is not a good thing. Alastair -- ________________________________________________________ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Vers: 1.53d FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com
