> From:John Emmerling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date:Tue, 8 Jul 2008 08:48:04 -0400
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> Does computer #2 have VPN software installed? I had a similar
> problem. It turned out that the VPN requires a security
> "driver" to be installed which can be disabled when
> editing connection properties (but t
Most likely, if you don't know what it is, you don't have it.
However, if you work from home and have to enter a login id and password to
access your company's internal network, then you are probably using a VPN
(although I believe there are other products that have similar
functionality).
On Wed
Quentin, VPN software allows you to work on your office computer from home via
a Virtual Private Network.
If you have this capability, then you have VPN software installed.
"Q. Fisher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
How do I find out if I'm running VPN? Do I need VPN?
Quentin A. Fish
In my case, I don't "work on my office computer" when using the VPN. The
VPN software is installed on my home computer. Basically it puts me inside
the corporate firewall. I could work on my office computer if I had the
software necessary to "remote" to it, which I do not.
It makes sense from a
The latest version of Windows Update is incompatible with Zone Alarm,
causing the firewall to block access to the Internet via IE and/or
Firefox. Zone Alarm is working on a solution, but in the meantime, I've
shutdown ZA and gone back to Windows firewall until they can get along.
Richard P.
Thanks for the warning. If you become aware of a fix, please let us know.
Thanks.
db
Richard P. wrote:
The latest version of Windows Update is incompatible with Zone Alarm,
causing the firewall to block access to the Internet via IE and/or
Firefox. Zone Alarm is working on a solution, but in
My Internet provider suggested:
* Calling Zone Alarm, which she also said would be impossible, given
the amount of calls they were handling today
* a system restore, which I declined until it becomes absolutely
necessary
My short term solution was to uncheck Zone Alarm from runni
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Zone Alarm has issued this "fix" which is currently being hotly debated
in the ZA forum:
http://download.zonealarm.com/bin/free/pressReleases/2008/LossOfInternetAccessIssue.html
Workaround to Sudden Loss of Internet Access Problem
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How about uninstalling the update, disabling automatic updates and then
not installing this one until a viable fix is out?
Larry
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While that would work, it is advised that doing so would leave a
security hole. There are some other, more complicated workarounds/fixes
which look promising. If this isn't resolved soon, I may pursue them.
Richard P.
How about uninstalling the update, disabling automatic updates and then
not
Yes, there will be a security hole that can be exploited if the attacker
uses the exact method of attack.
Me? I run ZA at home and I'll feel a lot more secure about my (or any)
system even with the security hole than relying on the XP firewall.
Larry
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Can you explain in more detail what this means? I have nothing in the
"Programs" dialog of the Zone Alarm firewall set to "block" (with a couple of
exceptions). I have almost everything set to "ask." (And I have only a couple
of things set to "allow.") So won't the Zone Alarm firewall ask wh
Richard P.
> While that would work, it is advised that doing so would
> leave a security hole. There are some other, more
> complicated workarounds/fixes which look promising. If
> this isn't resolved soon, I may pursue them.
I don't normally suggest this(*), but why not just use the
firewall that
That's precisely what I've done as my workaround.
Richard P.
While that would work, it is advised that doing so would
leave a security hole. There are some other, more
complicated workarounds/fixes which look promising. If
this isn't resolved soon, I may pursue them.
I don't normally su
But according to this article on the Washington Post's website, even
applying the patch won't, in and of itself, protect you from the
undocumented feature in DNS.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/07/patch_the_entire_inte
rnet_tues_1.html
"The updates Microsoft released Tuesday fix
>I have been following this thread, and I found the number of 10,000 per
>month just astounding.
DOT reports for May 2008 that there were 58,407,414 "emplanements"
(http://airconsumer.ost.dot.gov/reports/). Divide by 4 to get 14,601,853
per week. So 10,000 is .068 percent or a bit less than 0.7
For your wife, I would recommend Mozy Home. It's transparent with
a decent user interface, it's free up to a certain size, cheap
after that, you can have a private key or one that can be
recovered from Mozy.You just can't do filesharing... only
backup and restore.
db
DB, I just
>"I thought Tom's recent post was even more derisive than normal. It
>felt to me, as if it touched some sort of nerve with him."
My writing that Mac owners are more emotionally attached to their
computers and therefore less likely to be careless with them was hardly
inflammatory, unless one wer
>Where do I look for those log files, and what do I look for in them?
Right-click on MyComputer and select "Manage." You should see several
different logs under System Tools. Start with the Security log.
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I didn't realize you had so much data Paula.
Mozy Home would not be the best solution for that amount... it is
oriented for avg. people's document storage. Not sure Mozy Pro would
be better either.
For those avg. amounts Mozy does take a day to do the initial backup (at
a 2gb to 9gb / day
This is good to know, thanks. My thinking is that the patch, while not
complete, is better than no patch; as is the Windows firewall. Thanks
also for the Kaminsky tip.
Richard P.
But according to this article on the Washington Post's website, even
applying the patch won't, in and of itself, p
I also have Cox as my Internet provider, but use OpenDNS, which checks
out as OK using Doxpara.com. Apparently, they've done their homework.
Chalk up another one up for open source.
Richard P.
Larry wrote:
But according to this article on the Washington Post's website, even
applying the patch
The only indication which pointed me in the direction of Zone Alarm were
two warnings from ZA which displayed that it had blocked Windows Update,
as well as Mozilla's Firefox. There was no place in ZA (that I know of),
to confirm this and/or to unblock this move. I never got a prompt which
aske
I didn't know about the issue but first suspected the MS security
patch as the culprit since the MBP in the living room was still on
line through same wireless router connection to Comcast after the XP
box had been updated and restarted. I chose to roll back the patch and
wait for a fix as I'm also
http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/download_firewall.html
I've got a friend using that, well liked. It got very positive reviews from
pc mag and cnet...not sure if that matters to you. It's also got full vista
32/64 bit support. And it's free.
Mike
On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 7:48 PM, MrMike6
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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