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Posted by John Loop on August 4, 2004, 7:49 am
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> My question has likely been answered in an online FAQ or recent
> newsgroup posting, but I've been unabled to find the right search terms
> to dig that answer out. My apologies for being a lamentable n00b.
>
> I have a small number of PCs cojoined with a broadband router that is
> connected to a cable modem, and consquently, the world at large. Pretty
> standard stuff.
>
> Q1) Should I be telling Zone Alarm that the LAN ips are in a "Trusted
> Zone"?
>
> I understand that this would not compromise my security from inbound
> traffic, but what about outbound? Should I automatically trust that any
> of the other machines in my network will not be attempting to use my
> machine to sneak out to the internet? Am I radically confused about all
> of this?
>
> Q2) I've gotten a number of "This firewall has blocked Internet access
> to 192.168.1.13 (NetBIOS Session) from your computer [TCP Flags: S]. Is
> this something to worry about?
>
> I suspect this is from a file share that I have on my machine, or
> possibly one that I'm using on the machine at 192.168.1.13.
> Additionally, an answer to Q1 would probably answer Q2 as well.
>
> Q3) Does anyone else want to eat an orange sherbet push-up after using
> Zone Alarm?
>
> Thanks for your time and assistance
I use trusted Zones with no problem, Adding several different external
subnets as well to allow access to my servers. You can always go to
www.grc.com and run the shields up to check your vulnerbility.
Be careful of the latest ZA update tho.....apparently.
J--
www.pccitizen.com Safe Computing, Home wired and wireless networking tips.
....You spend your whole life figuring out what you should have done with it,
let alone what it was all about. And then your children get to do it all
over again...
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