Good Ol Dan

Given that ZA appears to be behaving itself under XP Pro, I can't see any particular reason I'd want anything else. I took a look at ZA Pro, but I'm not sure it would do anything for me that the "free" version doesn't... except separate me from about $40 Dan

I downloaded the latest version of Zone Alarm today, and installed it (after removing Black Ice 2.9cai, which was working well under XP Pro). I had no particular beef with Black Ice, but recognized its limitations. ZA was easy to configure, allowing local LAN access for file and printer sharing while maintaining security to the internet. ZA is a "backup" of sorts, since it sits behind a Netgear RT311 NAT router with good strong filters. I was already completely "stealthed" by the router before installing ZA... but it does provide protection against trojans and such, too. This load of ZA seems to be much more stable than the earlier versions I tried... I might just be a convert. Dan

I'm running BlackIce v2.9cai here without problems on XP Pro. Due to slowness with XP's Netbeui implementation, I changed my file and print sharing to TCP/IP (behind my NAT router) box... BlackIce accommodates that nicely. Dan