Firewall

Scoot · 07-10-2008, 07:38 PM

At home I use Zonealarm firewall, but Tuesday a new windows patch came thru and I can't get online at home. Just found out it's cause of the patch and zonealarm won't let me got online now. Anybody know of another free firewall or how to to fix my problem? :'(

07-10-2008, 08:10 PM

I'd turn off Zone Alarm for a day or so. They'll come out with a patch soon. They'll have to to keep their user base happy.

mmartin · 07-10-2008, 09:18 PM

Check your firewall setting

07-10-2008, 10:54 PM

Get a Mac. No need for firewalls. Seriously, Windows XP and Vista come with firewalls. Sometimes if you have the Windows firewall, and another firewall ( Zonealarm ) running at the same time, they stop a lot of stuff that shouldn't be stopped. I'd check settings for both firewalls. Make sure both aren't running, and the one that is running isn't set too high ( too restrictive ).

trevwales · 07-11-2008, 02:27 PM

Macs have firewalls too. Though strangely mine didnt have it activated when I bought it. Check yours.

ponch · 07-11-2008, 03:53 PM

On a Mac, the firewall is off by default. The only time I turn it on is when I travel or use it outside of work or home.

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Originally Posted by trevwales

Macs have firewalls too. Though strangely mine didnt have it activated when I bought it. Check yours.

ponch · 07-11-2008, 03:56 PM

Macs have firewalls, and I would not be so brazen to say you'd never need one with one...That being said, it's a better computing experience with a Mac, but then again I am partial to them, having used them for the past 21 years in some form or another and professionally for the last 14+.

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Originally Posted by bankerfrank

Get a Mac. No need for firewalls. Seriously, Windows XP and Vista come with firewalls. Sometimes if you have the Windows firewall, and another firewall ( Zonealarm ) running at the same time, they stop a lot of stuff that shouldn't be stopped. I'd check settings for both firewalls. Make sure both aren't running, and the one that is running isn't set too high ( too restrictive ).

audiogooroo · 07-11-2008, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by ponch

Macs have firewalls, and I would not be so brazen to say you'd never need one with one...That being said, it's a better computing experience with a Mac, but then again I am partial to them, having used them for the past 21 years in some form or another and professionally for the last 14+.

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Originally Posted by bankerfrank

Get a Mac. No need for firewalls. Seriously, Windows XP and Vista come with firewalls. Sometimes if you have the Windows firewall, and another firewall ( Zonealarm ) running at the same time, they stop a lot of stuff that shouldn't be stopped. I'd check settings for both firewalls. Make sure both aren't running, and the one that is running isn't set too high ( too restrictive ).

For years there's been a Mac vs. PC argument and I've always been in both camps. In my line of work I've used Mac for audio and video editing, but most digital consoles and digital signal processors still require a PC interface. All through the 90s I had a Mac desktop and a PC laptop. Expensive and inconvenient. A couple of years ago when they released the Intel Mac, I was one of the first to grab one. I bought a MacBook Pro and set it up with bootcamp so I was running OS10 and Windows XP Pro. Best of both worlds. I've also used Parrallels, but it's a bit of a resource hog.

ponch · 07-11-2008, 05:53 PM

I am a technical support person, and I used to work with print and advertising. Macs are very popular with audio and video too. Right now, I work in education, and Macs seem to be popular there as well. I do have XP installed (phone systems don't work with Mac OS), and I also use Fedora Core 9. I still haven't found anything that I would want to replace the Mac OS for my own use, but if I did, I would.

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Originally Posted by ponch

Macs have firewalls, and I would not be so brazen to say you'd never need one with one...That being said, it's a better computing experience with a Mac, but then again I am partial to them, having used them for the past 21 years in some form or another and professionally for the last 14+.

For years there's been a Mac vs. PC argument and I've always been in both camps. In my line of work I've used Mac for audio and video editing, but most digital consoles and digital signal processors still require a PC interface. All through the 90s I had a Mac desktop and a PC laptop. Expensive and inconvenient. A couple of years ago when they released the Intel Mac, I was one of the first to grab one. I bought a MacBook Pro and set it up with bootcamp so I was running OS10 and Windows XP Pro. Best of both worlds. I've also used Parrallels, but it's a bit of a resource hog.

07-11-2008, 05:58 PM

Engineering and Industry runs on the PC. Doing CADD and CAM since the mid 70's, it was always an IBM world. It still is. You go buy a $2 mil. CNC punch press or welding robot and can program it from a cheap PC.

But the publishing world has always been Mac. Mac first removed the need for publishers to know any computer science & they ate it up. Now people are pushing us into Mac oriented software run on the PC because they want to believe that drafting is more a matter of publishing than anything else. Fortunately they killed AutoCAD for the Mac a decade ago. UNFORTUNATELY they also killed AutoCAD for the Unix platform & we are stuck running this damnable Windows nonsense.

audiogooroo · 07-11-2008, 06:25 PM

I hear ya Cadd. Audio Analysts (where I work) is a Mac house throughout the company...except our drafting department. AutoCADD and Revit. All PC based. I run AutoCADD on the PC side of my Mac. We also run Vectraworks on the Macs, but as long as we're interfacing with architects and General Contractors, we will always need AutoCADD.

ponch · 07-12-2008, 06:51 AM

Why is it fortunate that they killed AutoCAD for the Mac? Mac OS is Unix based now. Try running 32 gb of RAM with Windows XP... :) The new Macs are Intel based, so you can run just about everything on them anymore.

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Originally Posted by caddmannq

Engineering and Industry runs on the PC. Doing CADD and CAM since the mid 70's, it was always an IBM world. It still is. You go buy a $2 mil. CNC punch press or welding robot and can program it from a cheap PC.

But the publishing world has always been Mac. Mac first removed the need for publishers to know any computer science & they ate it up. Now people are pushing us into Mac oriented software run on the PC because they want to believe that drafting is more a matter of publishing than anything else. Fortunately they killed AutoCAD for the Mac a decade ago. UNFORTUNATELY they also killed AutoCAD for the Unix platform & we are stuck running this damnable Windows nonsense.

bigdave · 07-12-2008, 07:44 AM

Turn your zone alarm settings from high to medium it will work then i had same problem

Scoot · 07-12-2008, 09:04 AM

Fixed now Zone alarm came out with a new version to fix the patch problem...

Thanks guys

Brad

07-12-2008, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Scoot

Fixed now Zone alarm came out with a new version to fix the patch problem...

Thanks guys

Brad

I don't mean to say "see I told ya." But I guess I just did... ::)

07-10-2008, 07:38 PM	#1
Scoot Advanced Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Selma, Alabama Posts: 878	Firewall At home I use Zonealarm firewall, but Tuesday a new windows patch came thru and I can't get online at home. Just found out it's cause of the patch and zonealarm won't let me got online now. Anybody know of another free firewall or how to to fix my problem? :'( __________________ 2002 1500 VBA #00077 _____________________ 2013 Ultra Classic (Pearl White) Login or Register to Remove Ads
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07-10-2008, 08:10 PM	#2
Guest Posts: n/a	Firewall I'd turn off Zone Alarm for a day or so. They'll come out with a patch soon. They'll have to to keep their user base happy.
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07-10-2008, 09:18 PM	#3
mmartin Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Arkansas/Mississippi Posts: 474	Firewall Check your firewall setting
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Guest Posts: n/a	Firewall Get a Mac. No need for firewalls. Seriously, Windows XP and Vista come with firewalls. Sometimes if you have the Windows firewall, and another firewall ( Zonealarm ) running at the same time, they stop a lot of stuff that shouldn't be stopped. I'd check settings for both firewalls. Make sure both aren't running, and the one that is running isn't set too high ( too restrictive ).
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07-11-2008, 02:27 PM	#5
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Guest Posts: n/a	Firewall Engineering and Industry runs on the PC. Doing CADD and CAM since the mid 70's, it was always an IBM world. It still is. You go buy a $2 mil. CNC punch press or welding robot and can program it from a cheap PC. But the publishing world has always been Mac. Mac first removed the need for publishers to know any computer science & they ate it up. Now people are pushing us into Mac oriented software run on the PC because they want to believe that drafting is more a matter of publishing than anything else. Fortunately they killed AutoCAD for the Mac a decade ago. UNFORTUNATELY they also killed AutoCAD for the Unix platform & we are stuck running this damnable Windows nonsense.
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07-11-2008, 06:25 PM	#11
audiogooroo Sr. Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado/Las Vegas, NV Posts: 3,390	Firewall I hear ya Cadd. Audio Analysts (where I work) is a Mac house throughout the company...except our drafting department. AutoCADD and Revit. All PC based. I run AutoCADD on the PC side of my Mac. We also run Vectraworks on the Macs, but as long as we're interfacing with architects and General Contractors, we will always need AutoCADD. __________________ Audiogooroo - Daryl Porter Colorado Springs, CO VBA #248 VROC #17261 1999 Grn/Grn Nomad
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bigdave Sr. Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Burnsville, NC Posts: 1,589	Firewall Turn your zone alarm settings from high to medium it will work then i had same problem __________________ David "BigDave" Hall Burnsville NC VBA #477 2007 Red and Silver Nomad (traded 4/10/2014) 2013 Blue and Black Voyager
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07-12-2008, 09:04 AM	#14
Scoot Advanced Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Selma, Alabama Posts: 878	Firewall Fixed now Zone alarm came out with a new version to fix the patch problem... Thanks guys Brad __________________ 2002 1500 VBA #00077 _____________________ 2013 Ultra Classic (Pearl White)
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