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That sounds like an internal security problem. If you have a virus or
spyware that's harvesting your personal info then deal with that with
anti-virus or anti-spyware software. Catch it before you get infected. If
you are logging on to a commercial web site and entering things like credit
card numbers then make sure that it's a secure connection. If not then
don't blame them for sniffing out your data. If your kid set up the
network/Internet connection for you and you are using it without knowing
you've got a secure environment, again, that was your decision.
Personally, I've got anti-virus and anti-spyware software and I'm trusting
my router to keep hackers out. It may not be perfect but I also don't
triple-lock my doors, have bars on my windows, or let my kids secure the
Internet for me either. If it were a business environment I would be more
concerned about security. At home I'm more concerned with restricting what
web sites my kids can go to. I can also see the other PC's on my network.
Regardless of your desired level of security I still advocate taking Zone
Alarm out of the mix until sharing works as expected. It may not be part
of the problem but you may not know that. Once you have things working you
can put it back in if that's what you want.
Dave Parnin
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Nishikawa Standard Company
Topeka, IN 46571
daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Dan
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On 12/29/05, daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Why are you running Zone Alarm? I thought that you said you said that it
> was a desktop PC and that you had a Linksys router. The router should
> handle the firewall function for you. I would vote to eliminate the
> things
> such as Zone Alarm that could be getting in your way and make the
> environment as simple as possible. Once you have it working in a simple
> environment then you can start making things more complex.
I have a similar situation at home, using a consumer-level router-firewall,
and ZA.
Unfortunately for Jeff, my 16-year old got the "network" set up, and we had
some issues, but he figured them out. I probably should have him give me a
rundown of what he did. But, I digress.
The basis for deciding to do this was that esteemed members of this list
educated me (let's see how accurately I remember the lesson!) that the
router-firewall only restricts things coming in, and doesn't care if you're
sending all your keystrokes, bank account numbers, social security numbers
to some friendly guy in Russia. That's where the ZA-type firewalls come
into play.
Did I remember the lesson correctly?
- Dan
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