Re: [OT] Zone labs firewall or other

[Justin <justin@xxxxxxx>]

Ian,

it has been a while since I have used Zone Alarm, but I seem to remember
that,
if set up as a server, there was an option somewhere to have popups display
on
another LAN machine running ZA. Something like that anyway.

Failing that, maybe you could lash something up in VB which moves the
cursor to
the popup and does a left mouse click. I've just tried it out by selecting
the
start menu, and it's quite simple, just a couple of API calls. You could
then
fire off the app from your Radmin window.

Let me know if you want the code.

Cheers,
Justin.

Quoting ian.bird@xxxxxxx:

> I used to use Zonealarm with Radmin in days gone past (Radmin works in
the
> same way as PC Anywhere, VNC etc.) and it was able to answer the pop
ups
> etc. I am assuming this is a new security thingy from Zone labs which
is a
> bit of a killer for me. I downloaded the most recent version for the
> server ;-((
>
> I will try mailing them to see if they have any answers but I am not
> hopeful.
>
> I would not expect terminal services to give me this access and tbh it
> does not really matter for me. It's the remote control denial I have a
> problem with.
>
> Ian
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Wayne" <wayne@xxxxxxx>
> 23/09/2003 21:51
> Please respond to ukha_d
>
>
>         To:     <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>         cc:
>         Subject:        Re: [ukha_d] [OT] Zone labs firewall or other
>
>
> Hiya,
> I have had similar problems with programs running with W2k and
Terminal
> Services. If a program decides that it is going to output to the main
> console then none of the remote connections can access the popups that
> occure.
>
> The only way I have found around this is to use somthing like VNC
> (www.realvnc.com) running as a service and connect into this with the
> relavent client.
>
> VNC gives you direct access to the main console ie the bit that
displays
> on
> the monitor, keyboard and mouse thats plugged into the machine. From
there
> you can get at messages etc that may be waiting for a responce...
>
> The big limitation with this is you only have one main console to
controll
> so, although several machines can connect to it, what ever program
that is
> run is echoed to all.
>
> You might find the best answer is using the two methods - at least
untill
> Zone Alarm has been 'tamed' :)
>
> Hope this helps!
> Wayne.
> www.planetWayne.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <ian.bird@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 4:59 PM
> Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] Zone labs firewall or other
>
>
> > I have a Win2000 server box running under the stairs which has
HV, phone
> > logging and other applications running on it. As part of its
duties it
> > does terminal services for my ePods and a little Internet so it
is good
> > common sense to install a firewall. Pre my latest horrid crash
(power
> > supply/motherboard) I had zonealarm running on it. My problem is
that
> when
> > ever it came up with an alert I could not press the OK button or
do
> > anything else via remote control (I use radmin). This meant
grovelling
> > under the stairs to use the local controls and I am getting too
old for
> > that!
> >
> > Does anyone know how I can either get remote control over the
zonealarm
> > firewall software or point me at a nice simple firewall for Win2k
> server.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Ian