Proxomitron is browser-independent (works w/ all).
If you cannot connect to a site with it, it could mean that
Proxo is "doing its job" (it has its own hosts-like file).
J
Indeed, hosts files can be a real curse, which is why I avoid using
Kerio for a firewall. There's a tendency to download another person's
hosts list to get going (and there are one or two folks who donate them
on their sites). These lists tend to be very large. I already have three
hosts files:
- in Spybot S&D
- in The Proxomitron
- in Internet Explorer
Some of the entries on these lists may be erroneous. At other times, we
may make a conscious decision to bypass the block and connect to the
questionable site. For example, there are some well-meaning people who
have placed their goodies with malicious hosts. And then, there's the
whole issue of widely-adopted abusive hosts such as Yahoo (why don't
people get it?), and I'm not even going to start about that one...
It's really frustrating at a time like that, because we need to figure
out where the block came from, and then slog around to see if we can
override it. Further, Microsoft has made it damn near impossible for us
to edit their own IE hosts file (it's a few thousand entries
out-of-order in a teentsy window).
So having all this nice protection, the whole enterprise of getting it
under control is overwhelming. I'm more intrigued with, for example, the
rules-based firewall approach, such as used by our
soon-to-be-dearly-departed Sygate.
Scott Lemmon's _Proxomitron_ is a beautiful piece of coding, by the way.
I never cease to be impressed with his creation. I'm really sorry that
we've lost his involvement.
Thoughts? Ideas?
Richard
