Gasp!

Post #164,568 by Steven A S 7/15/04 11:50:35 AM Reply	Gasp! Why would you want the firewall able to be shut down by an external program?! It might be handy for your program, but it would also be handy for various trojan horses as well. Of course I say this realizing Microsoft's track record on security is pretty poor (one of the reasons I use Zone Alarm and not the native firewall). ~~~)-Steven---- "I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country..." General George S. Patton
Post #164,576 by deSitter 7/15/04 11:58:08 AM Reply	have to agree The solution seems like "scope cancer". -drl
Post #164,584 by inthane-chan 7/15/04 12:44:06 PM Reply	"external" is relative. The app is going to be a service running on the local machine. It will wake about every thirty seconds, check for its location (am I on the local LAN, or am I external?), and then respond accordingly. Shutting down the system? Schwiip! Up goes the firewall. Starting up the system? Schwiip! Up goes the firewall. (This is in case somebody powers off the system without actually shutting it down first...) Sneeze funny? Schwiip! Up goes the firewall. This is to work around some odd behavior that Outlook has when it comes to firewalls. :P WANTED: Precognitive Telepath for adventuring Partnership. You know where to apply.
Post #164,590 by Another Scott 7/15/04 1:08:22 PM Reply	I think you found the solution... This is to work around some odd behavior that Outlook has when it comes to firewalls. I'll let you connect the dots. Cheers, Scott. (Who realizes that you may not be in a position to wield the Holy Marker Pen. :-)
Post #164,594 by inthane-chan 7/15/04 1:26:50 PM Reply	Oh, I've realized the real solution long ago.

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