Firefox and Firewalls August 4, 2006
Be alert, kids! And not because, as my grandma used to say, “…the world needs more lerts.” In fact, the world does not need more lerts. What we need is for more people to be savvy to the many ways Microsoft, et al, collude and conspire to keep the best browser from working on your PC.
I was the victim, only just today, of such an evil conspiracy:
“I am actually typing these words in (gasp) Internet Explorer. Why? Because I have no choice, that’s why. My Toshiba Laptop refuses to surf the Web with Firefox. This has been the case now for almost 24 hours, and I am near to the breaking point. I upgraded to .06 yesterday. Some short while later, I came back to my PC (in response to an ICQ ding). A friend sent me a URL and asked me the “Site up for you?” question. I clicked the link. My default browser opened a new tab, but the page did not load. I got the “Unable to connect… more
As it turned out:
“Make sure that your firewall program is configured to allow internet access to Firefox/Mozilla Suite. Most firewalls will ask you whether to allow a new program to connect to the internet, so it is important to always allow access for new or updated Mozilla applications… more
Zone Alarm must obey:
“To configure ZoneAlarm to allow Firefox/Thunderbird/Mozilla Suite access to the Internet:
1. Open the ZoneAlarm control center
2. Select “Program Control” on the left
3. Select “Programs” on the top
4. Find the application’s entry (e.g., Firefox) in that list and make sure there is a (green) check mark in the “Access Internet” column… more
- Posted in : regular folks
- Author : jack mardack
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[…] In computing, a firewall is a piece of hardware and/or software which functions in a networked environment to prevent some communications forbidden by the security policy, analogous to the function of firewalls in building construction. A firewall is also called a Border Protection Device (BPD), especially in NATO contexts, or packet filter in BSD contexts. A firewall has the basic task of controlling traffic between different zones of trust. Typical zones of trust include the Internet (a zone with no trust) and an internal network (a zone with high trust). The ultimate goal is to provide controlled connectivity between zones of differing trust levels through the enforcement of a security policy and connectivity model based on the least privilege principle… @ | firefox and firewalls […]
But where is this zone alarm control centre? And is there a conflict between the firewall which comes with windows and the one which comes with Mcafee? And how do I sort out the problems?