Andrew, Yes, ZoneAlarm can be configured to accept application-generated input events. Please refer to the ZoneLabs' documentation for details.
Regards, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Ziffer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 19 December 2005 13:57 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Zonealarm Alerts inside VNC session, freeze the session.. > > > Can ZoneAlarm be configured to accept the "synthetic" input. > This makes > using ZoneAlarm impractical with certain applications that spontaneous > request Internet access? > > -- > Andrew B. Ziffer > Z Real Estate, LLC > 5456 Peachtree Ind Blvd #300 > Chamblee, GA 30341 > 678 521-2540 > 678 623-5254 (fax) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Drake Realty, Inc > 770-565-2044 > > Zonealarm Alerts inside VNC session, freeze the session.. > James Weatherall jnw "at" realvnc.com > Tue Dec 21 10:29:01 2004 > > Previous message: Zonealarm Alerts inside VNC session, freeze > the session.. > Next message: OleMainThreadWndName error > Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------- > ---- > > Navneet, > > This is a known issue with the default settings for > ZoneAlarm, which has a > feature that filters out "synthetic" input from other > applications, to stop > malicious applications from being able to detect & close > ZoneAlarm warnings > themselves. VNC Server produces "synthetic" input events > for the mouse & > keyboard and so these are completely filtered when a > ZoneAlarm popup is > active. > > Regards, > > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com > > [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On Behalf Of Navneet Yadav > > Sent: 21 December 2004 02:51 > > To: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com > > Subject: Zonealarm Alerts inside VNC session, freeze the session.. > > > > Hi all, > > > > Apologize if this has already been discussed. I am facing a > > problem whose > > only other description I found on google is at: > > > > http://www.wackyb.com/zzub/lofiversion/index.php/t5795.html > > > > This is not a firewall problem. My work computer is a > Windows XP Pro. > > I have Zone Alarm version 3.7.143. I also run RealVNC Server > > 4.0, Built > > June 15 2004. The firewall and the VNC server run fine. > > > > My home computer is a Windows 2K machine and I have a RealVNC client > > 4.0 client. I also have the same Zonealarm version on the > > home computer. > > > > The VNC client connects without a hitch to the VNC server. > But once I > > am inside the VNC window, if my office computer throws up a > Zone Alarm > > alert (say an app wants to connect to internet for the first time > > and zone alarm asks me if I want to allow it), then the VNC > > client session > > goes for a toss, as soon as I click the Yes or No button on > > the Zonealarm > > Alert window. The session does not fully freeze. > > > > The Zone Alarm Alert window seems to be the only one which > > responds to Keyboard > > strokes and that too only to the Tab key. Nothing responds to > > Mouse. The first > > mouse click on the Yes button is not accepted. I can move fom > > the "Yes" to the > > "No" buttons in the Alert window using the keyboard "Tab" key. > > > > If I close the VNC session and start it again, it connects > > successfully, > > but the screen is in the same state. The Zone Alarm Alert > > window is still > > there and only its "Yes" or "No" buttons can be selected > > using Tab key. > > But pressing return does not work. > > > > Is this a known issue ? Any workarounds ? > > > > Thanks, > > Navneet > > _______________________________________________ > > VNC-List mailing list > > VNC-List "at" realvnc.com > > To remove yourself from the list visit: > > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------- > ---- > > > Previous message: Zonealarm Alerts inside VNC session, freeze > the session.. > Next message: OleMainThreadWndName error > Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
