From: "Rich Gauszka" 

Well ZoneAlarm 6.0.631.003  took security to new levels. As one unhappy
user who played Russian Roulette with the upgrade so eloquently stated on
dslreports

 "Version 6 has got to be the most secure and powerful firewall software
ever. The only thing that could offer more security would be unplugging my
computer from the router, breaking it to pieces with an axe, and throwing
the parts in the deepest trench in the ocean."


"Geo"  wrote in message news:42f29c28{at}w3.nls.net...
>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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