Zone Alarm - any way to just block outgoing traffic?

[blocacookie]

I'm listening to internet radio now, and I see information being sent along
with my incoming signal.

Short of netstat commands and playing around with my advanced IE options,
is there any way for Zone Alarm to just block all incoming traffic.

If Zone Alarm can tell you all your ports that are open, it's news to me.
All in all, it seems to be a very weak program. Is there any menu option
in ZA 5.5 that allows you to see info about the leaks in your system?

 

[pp hammer]

I'm listening to internet radio now, and I see information being sent

along with my incoming signal.

you send to recieve.. you send ackknowledgements and requests and lots of
other stuff

Short of netstat commands and playing around with my advanced IE options,
is there any way for Zone Alarm to just block all incoming traffic.

you asked to block outgoing in topic and incoming in post??

If Zone Alarm can tell you all your ports that are open, it's news to me.
All in all, it seems to be a very weak program. Is there any menu option
in ZA 5.5 that allows you to see info about the leaks in your system?

dont click yes/allow to everything it asks you .. sorted.

 

[Jeremy]

www.grc.com

click in "Shields Up" to test for open ports.

 

[Conor]

I'm listening to internet radio now, and I see information being sent along
with my incoming signal.

I hope you do because without it, TCP/IP doesn't work.

 

[Moe Hair]

you asked to block outgoing in topic and incoming in post??

sorry - I meant outgoing. I wouldn't even want to block it if I could see
where it was going. You would think a firewall would be able to show you
much more and even include the ability to run the netstat commands.

Several years ago, when I was managing an office network, our firewall
server gave me the ability to check everything. Considering that Zone
Alarm is written to protect just one computer, it should do alot more. How
are the other Firewalls? Does Symantec's give you more control?

 

[Buddy B]

sorry - I meant outgoing. I wouldn't even want to block it if I could see
where it was going. You would think a firewall would be able to show you
much more and even include the ability to run the netstat commands.

Several years ago, when I was managing an office network, our firewall
server gave me the ability to check everything. Considering that Zone
Alarm is written to protect just one computer, it should do alot more. How
are the other Firewalls? Does Symantec's give you more control?

My ZA, when asking for permission to let an outgoing contact be made, gives the
DNS.
Regards Buddy B