anyedie Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 ok, this is retarted. Im having am impossible time trying to use irc becasue (i use zone alarm) zone alarm keeps blocking it. Ice chat logs onto a network but when i try to join a channel it says "blocked by ZA". Ive tried everything i know to do. clicking the little box for firewalls, allowing it in ZA ect. with no luck. Does anyone know how to fix this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 What exacly is ZA saying? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rFayjW98ciLoNQLDZmFRKD Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 uninstall Zonealarm, go get open source alternative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jollyrancher82 Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 uninstall Zonealarm, go get open source alternative. Why an open source alternative, and not just some free alternative? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meta Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Because Open Source is better. Cleaner and more reliable code. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 uninstall Zonealarm, go get open source alternative. Such as? Because Open Source is better.Cleaner and more reliable code. Not by default though. Anyhoo, have you tried kerio/sunbelt personal firewall, Comodo Firewall (not heard of it before but download.com gives it 4 star) or Outpost free edition. If your attached to ZA, try removing it, then reinstalling it and manually adding the program and irc port to a safe list? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jollyrancher82 Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Because Open Source is better.Cleaner and more reliable code. How do you know the closed source code is not cleaner or less reliable if you cannot see it? I get the feeling most people think it's the "cool" thing to do running open source software these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metatron Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 I must be very un-cool as 85% of the software I use is closed source and 99% of the code I write is closed source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooper Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 You and me both, man. Guess we can't write clean and reliable code. Better not tell my company's customers. :) But seriously, don't ditch Zone Alarm over this just yet. First figure out how you're supposed to solve this. I'm sure there's some Zone Alarm FAQ/Newsgroup/Forum/support thing out there that will be able to tell you what you're doing wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaveMan Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Because Open Source is better.Cleaner and more reliable code. wait... so if i write me a firewall it will instantly be better and cleaner than zone alarm? well i could write a better firewall :P but it wouldn't be easy to open ports :P block everything, no popups, enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melodic Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 use x chat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anyedie Posted August 14, 2006 Author Share Posted August 14, 2006 use x chat same problem with x-chat actually i run that also. thankx guys... ill search more right now i just close it and usewindows firewall for irc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Try the kerio firewall, the free version has more features then the free version of zone alarm, and I have personaly found kerio to be less resorce hogging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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