----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Cohane <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 12:46 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Where's the ping? I found it

> There is a trick that can let you use the free Zone Alarm at the high
> security setting on the gateway computer. After you boot the gateway,
> you have to shutdown the NAT software and then restart it. (In other
> words, ZA can only run at the high security setting if ZA loads before
> the NAT software.) This odd work around has been confirmed by a Zone
> Labs spokesperson. I have not however checked it out myself. Since
> you don't have to pay anything for ZA 2.1.44, why not try this out
> and see if it works with your NAT setup?


This trick worked for me also when setting up a proxy server at work to
allow the computers on the network to have internet access. The proxy was
loading before ZA and it wouldn't work. By trial and error, I found if I
started ZA first, then the proxy software, it worked.

Just my 2 cents.

Dennis Thiel

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