Confused about firewall settings

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Jeff

I access the internet through a home wireless network which connects through
a router to a cable modem. The wlan (just 3 PCs running XP Home) is
protected with WPA encryption and each PC has XP's firewall turned off but
has ZoneAlarm free in effect (as well as virus checkers, malware checkers,
etc.).

But I am confused about what to put in the Zone Alarm's "zones" because I
noticed that on one PC the only things in the zones area are:
a) the network adapters which are listed as being in the "Internet Zone"
b) the loopback adapter which is listed in the "Trusted zone".
**None of the ip addresses of the other two PCs are listed nor the router
gateway ip.

Yet on another one of the networked PCs, the ip addresses of the other PCs
are listed! I think that happened because I noticed in the alert list that
some attempts to contact them had been "blocked" by ZA and since they were
known ips I added them to my "trusted zone".

So I am confused! Are the additions of the ip addresses of the networked PCs
into the trusted zone necessary or unnecessary? Harmful or irelevent? Why
would ZA have blocked some attempts to contact my networked PCs while
obviously letting the huge majority to go through (since the network works
fine).

Just confused <grin> and any help would be appreciated.

Jeff
 
Jeff said:
I access the internet through a home wireless network which connects
through a router to a cable modem. The wlan (just 3 PCs running XP Home) is
protected with WPA encryption and each PC has XP's firewall turned off but
has ZoneAlarm free in effect (as well as virus checkers, malware checkers,
etc.).

But I am confused about what to put in the Zone Alarm's "zones" because I
noticed that on one PC the only things in the zones area are:
a) the network adapters which are listed as being in the "Internet Zone"
b) the loopback adapter which is listed in the "Trusted zone".
**None of the ip addresses of the other two PCs are listed nor the router
gateway ip.

Yet on another one of the networked PCs, the ip addresses of the other PCs
are listed! I think that happened because I noticed in the alert list that
some attempts to contact them had been "blocked" by ZA and since they were
known ips I added them to my "trusted zone".

So I am confused! Are the additions of the ip addresses of the networked
PCs into the trusted zone necessary or unnecessary? Harmful or irelevent?
Why would ZA have blocked some attempts to contact my networked PCs while
obviously letting the huge majority to go through (since the network works
fine).

Just confused <grin> and any help would be appreciated.

Jeff
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You must add those things yourself.
I put the router and pc's in the trusted zone by name and by ip address.
Jim
 
My reply is at the bottom of your message :


in part:
I access the internet through a home wireless network which connects through
a router to a cable modem. The wlan (just 3 PCs running XP Home) is
protected with WPA encryption and each PC has XP's firewall turned off but
has ZoneAlarm free in effect (as well as virus checkers, malware checkers,
etc.).

But I am confused about what to put in the Zone Alarm's "zones" because
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Stop here , please ...
Windows XP *HOME*
Home user
Antimalware in place
Zone Alarm confusion

It is simple ... kill Zone Alarm and use Windows Firewall .
Zone Alarm is software firewalls and is mostly for professional . The first
time I saw it , I admit I saw confised ,too and that's why I use Windows
Firewall only on all computers and I do trust other softwares.

Please , read this to learn the differences between Zone Alarm and Windows
Firewall
http://groups.google.bg/group/micro...good?+Panda_man&rnum=3&hl=bg#3df3227490ef84a1

If you have antivirus , antispyware software always updated , the network is
encrypted and you have Windows Firewall , you are well protected !

Feel free to contact the Community again! :-)


Panda_man
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My web page:
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Learn how to protect your computer:
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Panda_man said:
My reply is at the bottom of your message :


in part:


Stop here , please ...
Windows XP *HOME*
Home user
Antimalware in place
Zone Alarm confusion

It is simple ... kill Zone Alarm and use Windows Firewall .
Zone Alarm is software firewalls and is mostly for professional . The first
time I saw it , I admit I saw confised ,too and that's why I use Windows
Firewall only on all computers and I do trust other softwares.

Please , read this to learn the differences between Zone Alarm and Windows
Firewall :
http://groups.google.bg/group/micro...good?+Panda_man&rnum=3&hl=bg#3df3227490ef84a1

If you have antivirus , antispyware software always updated , the network is
encrypted and you have Windows Firewall , you are well protected !

Feel free to contact the Community again! :-)


Panda_man
--
Prevention is always better than cure !
--
My web page:
http://pandaman.my.contact.bg
Learn how to protect your computer:
http://www.microsoft.com/protect
Please , rate posts
Click to expand...
 
Panda_man said:
My reply is at the bottom of your message :


in part:


Stop here , please ...
Windows XP *HOME*
Home user
Antimalware in place
Zone Alarm confusion

It is simple ... kill Zone Alarm and use Windows Firewall .
Zone Alarm is software firewalls and is mostly for professional . The first
time I saw it , I admit I saw confised ,too and that's why I use Windows
Firewall only on all computers and I do trust other softwares.

Please , read this to learn the differences between Zone Alarm and Windows
Firewall :
http://groups.google.bg/group/micro...good?+Panda_man&rnum=3&hl=bg#3df3227490ef84a1

If you have antivirus , antispyware software always updated , the network is
encrypted and you have Windows Firewall , you are well protected !

Feel free to contact the Community again! :-)


Panda_man
--
Prevention is always better than cure !
--
My web page:
http://pandaman.my.contact.bg
Learn how to protect your computer:
http://www.microsoft.com/protect
Please , rate posts
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Hello,
I think I may be having the 2 firewall problem you mentioned. I'm fairly
new to this, and don't understand all the vocabulary of Internet security.
I was being refused access to a site I wanted, and decided it was because
either Windows Firewall or my Norton security were blocking it. Put the site
name in Windows as a trusted site. That gave me the Home Page only.
Switched off Norton, and tried it just with Windows on. Didn't work. Was
going to try it with Norton on, Windows off, and hit a problem. I checked
the Firewall Off button in windows, but the display still comes up as
Firewall on. What do I do next?
 
Kay said:
Thanks. Um, how?
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Since you are using the web interface, you may not realize that this is
really a newsgroup. You will get far more out of this resource if you
learn to use a newsreader. There are many good newsreaders for Windows,
but you can use Outlook Express since you already have it. Here are
some links to information about newsgroups:

About Usenet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet
http://groups.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=basics.html - Basics
of Usenet
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page3.html#12-09-02 - a brief
explanation of newsgroups

Using Outlook Express as Newsreader:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm

How to Post:
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups
microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is
working properly
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm - how to munge email address
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting vs.
crossposting

Malke
 
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