Zone Alarm is made by Zone Labs (http://www.zonelabs.com) and it is a fine product. It is the only software firewall I know for Windows that blocks OUTGOING traffic as well as incoming traffic, thereby providing an extra level of protection in the event your Windows PC is already compromised. Steve Gibson wrote a review of Windows software firewalls. His site is http://www.grc.com. Windows is less secure than Linux out of the box, that's why Zone Labs makes lots of money selling Zone Alarm! Windows with Zone Alarm properly configured is pretty darn secure. You may need to argue semantics with your friend to win your bet here! On Tuesday, September 17, 2002 05:31 pm, Jon Biddell wrote:
I've been issued with a challenge.....
A friend has just put satellite internet access in, and is running a firewall called "ZoneAlarm" (or Zonealert, can't remember). He's got a fixed IP, and has challenged me to prove that Windows is less secure than Linux by breaking into his machine and leaving a non-destructive message in his AUTOEXEC.BAT file...:-)
Then I can talk to him about converting to Linux...:-)
Anyone have any clues about this program ? I've tried all the obvious telnet / ssh tricks, and no go.
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