<div class="IPBDescription">How do I work it for Games?</div> It locks up all my online games when I have it on. Is there a way that it'll allow them through?
as far as I remember, a dialog box will pop up whenever a new program wants to access the internet. It will ask you whether you want to allow or block this program. allow it.
I decided the program was more trouble than it was worth in the end myself. I've never had trouble with h4x0r2, and I have a router which as far as I know works as a partial firewall anyway...
QuaunautThe longest seven days in history...Join Date: 2003-03-21Member: 14759Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
<!--QuoteBegin-DiscoZombie+Jul 1 2005, 08:10 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DiscoZombie @ Jul 1 2005, 08:10 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> as far as I remember, a dialog box will pop up whenever a new program wants to access the internet. It will ask you whether you want to allow or block this program. allow it.
I decided the program was more trouble than it was worth in the end myself. I've never had trouble with h4x0r2, and I have a router which as far as I know works as a partial firewall anyway... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Thats just it: You can't see it through, say, BF2 or NS. <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I think if you alt-tab, you can get to it, no? or quit the game right after it tries to connect to the internet, and then click the 'allow' button. I mean, you might lose your connection to the game if you alt-tab, but once you allow the game once, it's allowed for good...
You can manually add executable files to zone alarm, so you could add the game .exe prior to playing the game, and set what access levels you want. Then you wont get a popup.
QuaunautThe longest seven days in history...Join Date: 2003-03-21Member: 14759Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
edited July 2005
<!--QuoteBegin-DiscoZombie+Jul 1 2005, 08:15 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DiscoZombie @ Jul 1 2005, 08:15 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I think if you alt-tab, you can get to it, no? or quit the game right after it tries to connect to the internet, and then click the 'allow' button. I mean, you might lose your connection to the game if you alt-tab, but once you allow the game once, it's allowed for good... <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Won't let me, for BF2 <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Edit: UnCritical, how do I do this? I can't find it.
ShockehIf a packet drops on the web and nobody's near to see it...Join Date: 2002-11-19Member: 9336NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation
Quaunaut, how do you connect to the Internet? Do you use a router or modem? If a router, is it configured for NAT? (I.E Are you using RFC1918 addressing, such as 192.168 range, or 10.0, or 172.16-32?) If so, I'd suggest just binning it as a piece of software.
Zonealarm relies on fairly simple lockdown tools, and if you're NAT'd (which a large percentage of users are) it simply won't be doing anything NAT isn't already achieving.
Software firewalls (with a small noted group of exceptions) generally aren't worth the electrons they're written on.
ZoneAlarm: To set up the ZoneAlarm firewall to allow programs to access the internet (and your publications) please follow the steps below:
Double-click on your ZoneAlarm icon in the system tray. In the ZoneAlarm window, select Programs and scroll down until you see the program you want to allow. Click on the Options button for program In the Section titled "When this program attempts to connect to the:____" select: Local Zone: Always allow access, and Internet Zone: Always allow access Click OK.
To reiterate what Shockwave said, most people behind routers will be protected by a hardware firewall of some sort. If you can hack a hardware firewall, then a software one is a nothing hack.
Belkin Router firewall, nVidia ActiveArmour, A64 NX-Bit protection FTW! (2 hardware firewall layers, and a DEP protection to back up AA)
QuaunautThe longest seven days in history...Join Date: 2003-03-21Member: 14759Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
<!--QuoteBegin-Shockwave+Jul 1 2005, 08:30 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Shockwave @ Jul 1 2005, 08:30 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Quaunaut, how do you connect to the Internet? Do you use a router or modem? If a router, is it configured for NAT? (I.E Are you using RFC1918 addressing, such as 192.168 range, or 10.0, or 172.16-32?) If so, I'd suggest just binning it as a piece of software.
Zonealarm relies on fairly simple lockdown tools, and if you're NAT'd (which a large percentage of users are) it simply won't be doing anything NAT isn't already achieving.
Software firewalls (with a small noted group of exceptions) generally aren't worth the electrons they're written on. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> I'm on a modem.
I use a program called Sygate Personal Firewall... It sounds like the same thing, and it has charts a graphs! And let's you backtrace the IP to the address of the computer, that was a fun addition, and I get the prompt things, but like you can check the box to where it remembers the response.
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I decided the program was more trouble than it was worth in the end myself. I've never had trouble with h4x0r2, and I have a router which as far as I know works as a partial firewall anyway...
I decided the program was more trouble than it was worth in the end myself. I've never had trouble with h4x0r2, and I have a router which as far as I know works as a partial firewall anyway... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Thats just it: You can't see it through, say, BF2 or NS. <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Then you wont get a popup.
Won't let me, for BF2 <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Edit: UnCritical, how do I do this? I can't find it.
Zonealarm relies on fairly simple lockdown tools, and if you're NAT'd (which a large percentage of users are) it simply won't be doing anything NAT isn't already achieving.
Software firewalls (with a small noted group of exceptions) generally aren't worth the electrons they're written on.
Double-click on your ZoneAlarm icon in the system tray.
In the ZoneAlarm window, select Programs and scroll down until you see the program you want to allow.
Click on the Options button for program
In the Section titled "When this program attempts to connect to the:____"
select:
Local Zone: Always allow access, and
Internet Zone: Always allow access
Click OK.
Rawar :-)
Belkin Router firewall, nVidia ActiveArmour, A64 NX-Bit protection FTW! (2 hardware firewall layers, and a DEP protection to back up AA)
Zonealarm relies on fairly simple lockdown tools, and if you're NAT'd (which a large percentage of users are) it simply won't be doing anything NAT isn't already achieving.
Software firewalls (with a small noted group of exceptions) generally aren't worth the electrons they're written on. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I'm on a modem.