Riaan: If you are using windows XP you are better off setting the port with the firewall build into XP. To do this go into network, right click the adapter and you should be able to find the fire wall setting there. you can tell it to deny all except... The except is what you would be interested in.
Shawn Zernik Internetwork Consulting www.internetworkconsulting.net -----Original Message----- From: Riaan Oberholzer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 1:58 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: [Q] Tomcat & ZoneAlarm? 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
