Thanks... I know what a firewall is and what it does. Problem is, with the free version of ZoneAlarm you cannot manually specify ports to allow access on. I know you CAN get it to work, but how I do not know.
I need the firewall. It is my home PC on a ADSL connection, permanently connected to the internet. So I use it for basicly everything I do on the internet. --- Philipp Taprogge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > Riaan Oberholzer wrote: > > This is not a Tomcat issue, but I've tried > desperately > > and could find no answer elsewhere... can someone > > please tell me how to get Tomcat working with > > ZoneAlarm (free version) as firewall? > > In general, it is very advisable to know what a > firewall does and how > it works before installing one. In general, > ZoneAlarm is a (rather > simple) packet filter, i.e. a piece of software that > examines network > packets as they arrive at or depart from the machine > and decides on a > set of rules to allow or deny them. If you want a so > protected machine > to run tomcat and access it from beyond the > firewall, you need to add > a rule that allows requests from external sources > directed at port 80 > (or whatever you set your tomcat to listen on) on > the local machine > and also to allow the responses from tomcat to any > external host. > If you want to use SSL, you will have to allow those > > request/response-pairs as well. > You should, however concider wether you really need > a firewall, if > your machine is a pure server that does not serve > other purposes. In > that case, you should just close all ports you don't > need. A closed > port is no risk and if the listening software has > flaws, a firewall > wouldn't protect you either. > > HTH > > Phil > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
