AFAIK ZA does not watch for keyboard / mouse activity. It looks for internet activity, but from the symptoms, 'activity' means a new connection (every http request is a new connection) and my guess is that VNC starts a single connection, and holds it open. ZA does not see the traffic, just the make / break of the connection, and thinks nothing is happening.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 7:43 PM Subject: Re: ZoneAlarm Lock kicks in when using VNC > Forgot to change the #@$!%& subject line again. Please > excuse the repost. > http://www.doe.carleton.ca/~fma/VNC_ForumFormat.txt > > Regarding this VNC/ZA blocking problem, > I forgot to mention that I am using vncviewer on a PC > to access a server on a sun box. ZA is running on the PC > of course, and isolates the viewer. That's why I found it odd > that the keystrokes typed on the PC is not regarded by ZA > as "local" when it is in fact local. Not sure if that changes > you assessment. > > Fred > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Fred Ma > Department of Electronics > Carleton University, Mackenzie Building > 1125 Colonel By Drive > Ottawa, Ontario > Canada K1S 5B6 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ========================================================================== > > > > > Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 13:11:04 +0530 > > From: "Jasmeet S. Virdi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: ZoneAlarm Lock kicks in when using VNC > > > > very correct, > > VNC Viewer's keyboard and mouse activity is not considered by ZA, as it is > > software injected into mouse and keyboard stream. ZA mite only be checking > > real keyboard and mouse activity. This cud be the very reason y the screen > > saver has to be explicitely disabled by VNC Server when a user is connected > > using vnc viewer to it. > > > > - -js > > ___________________________ > > Its all lost in a moment of Clarity.... > > > > - ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Fred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 12:46 PM > > Subject: ZoneAlarm Lock kicks in when using VNC > > > > : Allowing VNC to pass the lock doesn't seem to prevent the > > : connection from being broken when ZA kicks in. > > : > > : About the fact that only local keyboard/mouse activity is > > : considered "activity" by ZA's timer, I assume you mean that > > : keyboard/mouse stuff sent to vncviewer is not considered > > : local, even though I am using the local keyboard and mouse > > : to generate this input to vncviewer? This might actually be > > : a moot question because I think ZA is kicking in even when > > : I'm doing word processing; I'll keep an eye out to be sure. > > : > > > > : Fred --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
