DGDTrathole
join:2000-05-07
Newmarket, NH
| reply to 2kmaro
Re: Zone Labs President Responds!
Mr. Freund is incorrect when saying:
- Run on a semi-secure version of Windows (NT, 2000 or Whistler)
I have documented a problem to them with their driver
vsdatant.sys on W2K...they responded they knew about
it and were working on it...this was in November and
they are still at version 2.1.44...NO FIX YET...ALSO
I have installed V2.1.44 on Whistler Personal AND Whistler
Professional and the driver will crash BOTH OS'es...it's
a great product I love it have been using it for a while
BUT have switched to Norton Personal Firewall as it does
NOT experience the same problems ZoneAlarm does on
W2K/Whistler.... |
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2kmaro
Think
Premium,ExMod 1 BC
join:2000-07-11
ColossalCave
clubs:   | I haven't used Whistler, but ZA 2.1.44 works with no problems under W2K with SP1 installed for me. |
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rtoday
join:2000-11-05
California | Golly, I hope someone does a summary of this thread. It seems to have taken on a life of its own!  |
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2kmaro
Think
Premium,ExMod 1 BC
join:2000-07-11
ColossalCave
clubs:
| Thread Summary
To a large degree the summary is here:
A 1-Page Summary
Bottom Line: ZoneAlarm (and all software firewalls) have now had new holes revealed in them. They are small holes if other precautions (strong anti-virus use mainly) are taken. Additionally, providing a non-standard location for installing ZoneAlarm can help with one hole, plus DiamondCS has provided a patch for the other. Zone Labs is more or less ignoring this problem for the time being, so griping to them seems in order and in the meantime, do the best you can with what you have.
Small Print Below the Bottom Line: The root source of the problems is the operating system's inherent weakness - if you are using Windows 9x/ME, then no software firewall product can ever be totally bullet-proof. |
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rtoday
join:2000-11-05
California | Thanks from all of us in the gallery, 2K! This thread is a motivator and shaker. |
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DGDTrathole
join:2000-05-07
Newmarket, NH
| reply to 2kmaro
Re: Zone Labs President Responds!
use a dial up connection then kill your connection and try doing a re-connect...!!! DOESN'T WORK...ocasionally crashes the OS...can send you the documatation including crash dump stuff I analyzed/sent to ZoneAlarms...
[text was edited by author 2001-01-04 14:54:52] |
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2kmaro
Think
Premium,ExMod 1 BC
join:2000-07-11
ColossalCave
clubs:
| Not to be a put down, but I'd rather have it crash the system than to open a hole in the firewall. You did well to notify Zone Labs - hopefully they didn't just put that one in the same pile with the ones we're speaking of here!
Just one question: when it does crash, what does the error window indicate was the source program for the problem? Just trying to verify that it is part of ZA and not of the dial up software or Windows itself. |
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Rocktagon
Slightly Bent
Premium
join:2000-11-04
Chattaroy, WA
clubs:
| reply to rtoday
Re: Thread Summary
said by rtoday:
Thanks from all of us in the gallery, 2K! This thread is a motivator and shaker.
Actually Trail Blazer created the webpage that the summary link takes you to.
2kmaro is to be thanked for all the great work but let us not forget Trail Blazer for the work on that webpage and EmileoG for starting the whole thing!
DSL Reports has a great bunch of members!
--
Quest for Knowledge |
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rtoday
join:2000-11-05
California |  Of course you're right, Scooter. Emilio and TB are certainly to be thanked for their fantastic contributions as as well! Wasn't meaning to be exclusionary at all. |
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GaryK7
Premium
join:2000-08-29
Miami, FL
clubs:
 ·Atlantic Broadband
| reply to Rocktagon
Yes, I did create the website. But this has really been a collaborative effort. Between Emilio's ability to find us useful information, and 2k's excellent skills at both the technical stuff and making it all sound simple, and my skills as a web developer, we have all managed to help each other.
--
-tb/gary.
"The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it."
Chinese Proverb
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Angry at ZoneAlarm? Complain about it! |
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Rocktagon
Slightly Bent
Premium
join:2000-11-04
Chattaroy, WA
clubs:
| As I said:
DSL Reports has a great bunch of members!
I was just making sure the summary of this thread link was credited toward your web page.
Any news on the "this weekend" comment you made earlier?
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Quest for Knowledge |
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CyberStretch
join:2000-11-23
Worcester, MA
|  2kmaro,
...DiamondCS has provided a patch for the other
Since Emilio and yourself already have a rapport with DiamondCS, have any of you requested this patch or agreed to beta test it to ensure it closes the security hole?
If not, would one of you be willing to contact them and request it?
If so, would it be possible to post it so others can benefit from the additional security?
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And now, back to your regularly scheduled thread already in progress... |
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GaryK7
Premium
join:2000-08-29
Miami, FL
clubs:
·Atlantic Broadband
| Hi. Many of us here have tested the patch. It appears to work fine. You can find it here.
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-tb/gary.
"The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it."
Chinese Proverb
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Angry at ZoneAlarm? Complain about it! |
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Rocktagon
Slightly Bent
Premium
join:2000-11-04
Chattaroy, WA
clubs:
| reply to CyberStretch
Click on the link on TrailBlazers post and his webpage has a link to the patch on it.
I personally have applied it and retested my system against the batch file DiamondCS released and it did not shut down ZA.2kmaro has posted these results in his patch post.
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Quest for Knowledge |
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CyberStretch
join:2000-11-23
Worcester, MA
| Thanks for the responses. 2k IM'd me and gave me the link, coz I was too lazy to check here!  (Actually, I was doing my routine check/responding to other threads.)
I will try it out and see what happens.
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And now, back to your regularly scheduled thread already in progress... |
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