From: /m 


Those preconfigured settings are always waaaayyy too lax.

 /m

On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 16:26:51 -0500, "Gary Britt"
 wrote:

>Does Comodo not come with preconfigured settings or wizards for standard
>programs like mail applications and browsers?
>
>Gary
>
>"/m"  wrote in message
>news:sjt9k21tp1ljn8btg6k4elj4uc1so1613o{at}4ax.com...
>> At this point, CoreForce is not for the feint of heart.  I fired it up
>> in the advanced mode, and it took me a good while to get it to the point
>> I liked.  Maybe the next time I'm playful, I'll use the normal config
>> mode.  ;)
>>
>> I started to play with Comodo a couple hours ago, but the kiddie UI
>> turned me off on it.  I wanted to configure Comodo with rules like
>> {Opera can always access port 80, no matter what the remote IP address}
>> but I could not get the blinkin' UI to let me do that.
>>
>>
>> /m
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 13:37:10 -0500, "Gary Britt"
 wrote:
>>
>>>CoreForce's description looks interesting.  I haven't seen a firewall and
>>>combined sandbox type program combined together in one program.  If you
>>>try
>>>comodo I'd love to have your review of  comodo versus CoreForce to see
>>>where
>>>I should put my own time in loading and configuring one or the other.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>Gary
>>>
>>>"/m"  wrote in message
>>>news:i199k29is6obfk67d6u76kg626n4513r8m{at}4ax.com...
>>>>
>>>> Hi Gary,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the pointer, I'll look into Comodo as well.
>>>>
>>>> I'm also watching Core Force.  It looks like it may have
potential once
>>>> they get to a 1.0 version.  So far, it has worked fine in my quick
>>>> tests.
>>>>
http://force.coresecurity.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&aid=3
0
>>>>
>>>> /m
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 16:18:32 -0400, "Gary Britt"
 wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Comodo Firewall seems like a good one to try.  I just
downloaded it
>>>>>recently
>>>>>after seeing it referenced here by someone, and after
reading the very
>>>>>good
>>>>>review given it by Neil Rubenking from PC Mag.  It
tested better than
>>>>>both
>>>>>Outpost and Sygate and its free.  They also have a free
antivirus and a
>>>>>free
>>>>>spam product.  I haven't used either of them, but might
give a look at
>>>>>their
>>>>>anti-spam product.  Right now I'm using Avast anti-virus and I'm
>>>>>perfectly
>>>>>happy with its performance.
>>>>>
>>>>>http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Gary
>>>>>
>>>>>"Rich Gauszka" 
wrote in message
>>>>>news:4543b628$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>>I thought Symantec purchased and subsequently
scrapped Sygate?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "/m"  wrote in message
>>>>>> news:bfc7k2lf7mg7ojuh6rlq4svgn13ss8s0t1{at}4ax.com...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Agnitum's Outpost firewall seems to be doing
something similar in
>>>>>>> their
>>>>>>> new 4.0 version.  What a mess.  Outpost is
getting more and more
>>>>>>> bloated
>>>>>>> with each release and stuff is just not
working properly here.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I may switch over to Sygate and forego my
3-user license for Outpost.
>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>> already switched over to Sygate from Outpost
on my notebook.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> /m
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 10:34:24 -0400, "Rich
Gauszka"
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>It looks like it's related to the srescan
service that Zonelabs added
>>>>>>>>to
>>>>>>>>6.5.*
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>http://forum.zonelabs.org/zonelabs/board/message?board.id=gen&message.i
d=36422
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>In installing Roxio media creator suite 8,
it did not install
>>>>>>>>properly.
>>>>>>>>On
>>>>>>>>analysis I found the this was because it
could not write required
>>>>>>>>information in some registry keys (some of
its essential services
>>>>>>>>failed
>>>>>>>>to
>>>>>>>>be installed). Only after a '/clean'
install of ZA free 6.5.731 was I
>>>>>>>>able
>>>>>>>>to install EMC8 successfully. Just shutting
down ZA is insufficient,
>>>>>>>>it
>>>>>>>>seems to be ZA's srescan service that
causes the problem and that
>>>>>>>>does
>>>>>>>>not
>>>>>>>>get unloaded when you just shut down ZA,
even if you set 'don't load
>>>>>>>>ZA
>>>>>>>>at
>>>>>>>>startup' and reboot, srescan is apparently
loaded (it shows in device
>>>>>>>>manager as installed).
>>>>>>>>Reinstalling ZA after installing EMC8 works fine.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>"Rich Gauszka"
 wrote in message
>>>>>>>>news:4542cbc4$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>>>>> My 2nd DVD drive kept changing it's
drive letter on 2 different
>>>>>>>>> system
>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>> had me perplexed as to what was
causing it. Twas Zone Alarm 6.5.x.x
>>>>>>>>> .
>>>>>>>>> Meethinks I need a new less dangerous firewall
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
http://forum.zonelabs.org/zonelabs/board/message?board.id=gen&message
.id=37443
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 6.5.x.x. has a known problem for
anyone who is using the drive
>>>>>>>>> mapper
>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>> Windows Disk Management to re-letter
their accessory drives such as
>>>>>>>>> CD/DVD/USB/Zip drives. I haven't had a
problem with ZA re-lettering
>>>>>>>>> partitions, but my partitions are all
lettered in order. But if
>>>>>>>>> your
>>>>>>>>> accessory drives are not lettered
sequentially, ZA will change the
>>>>>>>>> drive
>>>>>>>>> letter of at least one of them. For
instance, let's say you have on
>>>>>>>>> your
>>>>>>>>> HDD, partitions C: and D:, and you
have a DVD called S: and a CD
>>>>>>>>> called
>>>>>>>>> T:
>>>>>>>>> For several people ZA will change the
T: drive to letter E: (the
>>>>>>>>> first
>>>>>>>>> available drive letter). You can
change it back to T: using the
>>>>>>>>> drive
>>>>>>>>> mapper in Windows Disk Management, but
ZA will put it back to E: on
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> next reboot. ZA Tech Support is aware
of the problem and wrote me
>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>> they hope to fix it in the next
release. For me and others,
>>>>>>>>> reverting
>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> version 6.1.744.001 stopped that
problem with changing drive
>>>>>>>>> letters.
>>>>>>>>> So
>>>>>>>>> you might want to try to revert to
that earlier version to see if
>>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>> stops
>>>>>>>>> your problem (if indeed you are using
a 6.5 version). The previous
>>>>>>>>> versions are available for download on
the ZoneLabs support
>>>>>>>>> website.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> If this solves your problem, file a
report to Tech Support so they
>>>>>>>>> will
>>>>>>>>> know the extent of the drive-letter
changing problem, etc. with
>>>>>>>>> 6.5.x.x.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Support form:
>>>>>>>>>
https://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/forms/tech_support.jsp
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>

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