Firewall settings

[Neil]

Hi All,

Whilst my question here relates to Zone Alarm specifically, I believe it
relates
more widely to firewall settings and hence could be of assistance to all
those
who are trying to protect their small home networks.

I have a router (addressed 192.168.0.1) bringing internet in to a workgroup
of
XP PC's that have access to the address range (192.168.0.2 - 192.168.0.10).

For the PC at address (192.168.0.2), it shows this address in the 'Internet'
Zone
in Zone Alarms Firewall Zones list.

I have added the range (192.168.0.1 - 192.168.0.10) to the 'trusted' zone.

I'm now not sure that this is correct...

Surely the router (192.168.0.1) should be in the 'Internet Zone' and all
client
devices (192.168.0.2 - 192.168.0.10) should be in the 'Trusted' zone.

Your thoughts please.....

Thanks,

Neil

 

[Alan Sun [MSFT]]

Hi Neil,

Thanks for your posting here.

As Zone Alarm is manufactured by the third-party vendor. Microsoft does not
have enough resources on this issue to provide efficient help, and only the
designer has full resource capabilities regarding their product. I
recommend you contact the vendor for further assistance. You can also refer
to the vendor's website:
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/support/support.jsp

However, from my my experience, I suggest you add all the internal
addresses (192.168.0.1 - 192.168.0.10) to the Trusted zone.

Thanks for your understanding. If you have other concerns, post back to let
me know. Have a nice day!

Thanks & Regards
Alan Sun
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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Subject: Firewall settings
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Hi All,

Whilst my question here relates to Zone Alarm specifically, I believe
it
relates
more widely to firewall settings and hence could be of assistance to
all
those
who are trying to protect their small home networks.

I have a router (addressed 192.168.0.1) bringing internet in to a
workgroup
of
XP PC's that have access to the address range (192.168.0.2 -
192.168.0.10).

For the PC at address (192.168.0.2), it shows this address in the
'Internet'
Zone
in Zone Alarms Firewall Zones list.

I have added the range (192.168.0.1 - 192.168.0.10) to the 'trusted'
zone.

I'm now not sure that this is correct...

Surely the router (192.168.0.1) should be in the 'Internet Zone' and
all
client
devices (192.168.0.2 - 192.168.0.10) should be in the 'Trusted' zone.

Your thoughts please.....

Thanks,

Neil