On Mon, 4 Jun 2001, Russel Brooks wrote:
> After reading about Steve Gibsons recent problems at:
>
> > http://grc.com/dos/grcdos.htm
>
> I decided to install Zone Alarm on my home pc. Does anyone have
> comments on any interactions with Prime95 or any other comments?
Zone Alarm is quite nice; I run it continuously. It will stop Prime95
the first time Prime95 tries to contact the server, and after that it's a
simple matter to configure the firewall to let prime95.exe through
(this is for a PPP dialup account; I can't vouch for anyone with
high-speed access).
Zone Labs made their firewall application-based rather than
port-based, so you don't have to know about firewall administration to
use it. Even though the U of Maryland is pretty quiet, my copy still stops
about one network scan a day on average (ping, ftp, netbios, etc).
Hope this helps,
jasonp
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