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echo: nthelp
to: Mike N.
from: Geo
date: 2005-08-04 18:51:54
subject: Re: ZoneAlarm upgrade 6.0.631.003 - arghh!!!

From: "Geo" 

I can't find it now but wasn't there a worm who's entry vector was
zonealarm? (I remember there being a DOS exploit for ZA but I thought there
was a worm that exploited it as well?)

Geo.

"Mike N."  wrote in message
news:1093f1pj4f5d5gssni697p556onnvj65l5{at}4ax.com...
> On Wed, 3 Aug 2005 21:35:05 -0400, "Rich Gauszka"

> wrote:
>
> >If anyone is thinking of upgrading their ZoneAlarm firewall to
6.0.631.003
> >I'd advise waiting.
>
>    Software rot has undoubtably overtaken ZoneAlarm - they've probably
> thrown in so much junk that it's no longer stable.   This is doubly bad as
> ZA is a system-level driver.   Perhaps they've lost their core software
> developers and the new guys are fumbling about trying to find their way
> through the code.
>

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