Blackbeard wrote: > There is the problem that even if one were to verify that ZoneAlarm was not > connecting on startup with a sniffer such as ethereal, it does not rule out > the possibility of this occuring at other times say at 12:00 am each day, or > at the first of the month. It is really hard to rule this sort of thing out > unless the application is open source. I think people should at least be > aware of that risk and know that if the results of such a test came back > negative, it does nto necessarily mean there is no phoning home occuring with > the Zone alarm application. > > end > > > _______________________________________________ > Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com > The most personalized portal on the Web! > > >
I am aware of this, but have yet to find a opensource personal firewall, if you know of one I would be very interested.
