I have had a reply from zonelabs, but it looks more like a scripted response to my question. I will post it here for the benefit of the list and the archives.
Dave. Hi, We apologize for the delay in responding to your email. Due to overwhelming response to our latest releases, we are processing many more emails than usual. In order for VNC and ZoneAlarm to work together, please follow these instructions: 1. On the Server (client) machine, configure VNC with a password. 2. On the Server (client) machine, run WinVNC. The menu shortcut is "Run WinVNC (App mode)" and set the following settings in ZoneAlarm's Program Panel: - If you know the IP or subnet will always be the same from the Viewer, add that IP or subnet to your Local zone in the Advanced section of Security panel. As long as Local security is set to Low or Medium, the IP should be available. OR - If you do not know the IP of the Viewer, or it will change, then in ZoneAlarm's Program Panel: Allow Connect in Local and Internet Zones, Allow Server in Local and Internet Zones. 3. From the Viewer (remote) machine, run VNCViewer to connect to the Server (client) machine. The menu shortcut is "Run VNCViewer". Do not run "VNCViewer (Listen mode)". - If you know the IP or subnet will always be the same from the Server, add that IP or subnet to your Local zone in the Advanced section of Security panel. As long as Local security is set to Low or Medium, the IP should be available. OR - If you do not know the IP of the Server, or it will change, then in ZoneAlarm's Program Panel: Allow Connect in Local and Internet Zones, Allow Server in Local and Internet Zones. 4. When prompted by VNCViewer on Viewer (remote) machine, enter name or IP address of the Server (client) machine, followed by password when prompted. You should be able to connect. Since the Server machine has allowed connections and server rights, the main security measure available is VNC's password. Therefore, we recommend disallowing connections and disallowing server when not required. When configured in this manner, VNC can run with ZA even with High security. Please refer to http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/index.html for information on VNC setup and configuration. If you need to reply to us, please keep all text intact. You can download the latest version of ZoneAlarm and ZoneAlarm Pro from our website: http://www.zonelabs.com/zonealarm Note that the Trial version is the same as the Full version once you enter your license key. We recommend that you keep a copy of the latest file in case of problems later. Best regards, Zone Labs Support ~~ All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy. Collectible dolls from http://www.collectorsdolls.com Web design? Web hosting? http://www.revilloc.com is the answer. Tips, tricks and articles for programmers of all languages on http://www.sourcecodecorner.com Planning a wedding? http://www.bmcweddings.com Advertise your car for free on http://www.drivingseat.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Colliver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 9:48 PM Subject: Re: Win 98/95 setup - slow access > I think the possible problem with zonealarm though is the screen updates. In > the program itself is a running total of throughput, and the icon in the > tray keeps having to be changed. This is all expensive in the terms of > processing. In fact, as I am aware, anything to do with putting anything > onto the screen is the hog. I will post here what Zonelabs say about it, if > they respond. They may say they are aware, and that I should download the > latest version. > > It's funny though that it doesn't happen with Laplink over tcpip. It could > be something in VNC that is just creating so much traffic that zonealarm > can't keep up. Mind you, I think that laplink is only in 16 colour (4 bit) > mode. > > Regards, > Dave Colliver. <snip> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To download your own free RevilloC mailserver, visit http://www.revilloc.com/mailserver ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
