At 11:51 PM 7/9/2008, mike wrote: >I've been looking around for a free firewall program that will allow the >importation of blocklists...any suggestions appreciated, running vista >64bit. > >Mike
I'm not sure about "importation," but blocklists are generally supported by 1) routers, 2) "parental control" software, and 3) a Windows configuration file called "the hosts file." (hosts. no extension) All these are something I've just read about, not anything I've actually used. From the description I've seen of the hosts file, it's just an ASCII file, and one could easily paste in a list of items to be blocked, if that would be considered "importation." IIRC; I haven't done anything currently to refresh my memory. Some seem to do IP addresses, some URLs. I don't know whether the router's setup web page would allow the copy/pasting of multiple addresses in one operation or not. I suspect that with all these alternatives, the firewall writers haven't been really concerned about having a blocklists as part of the firewall, although it seems that it would make sense. Is there any particular reason you want to do it with a firewall. If you Google "Windows hosts file" you get lots of information. Dunno if it really works. Fred Holmes ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
