irc

[anyedie]

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?

[Sparda]

What exacly is ZA saying?

[rFayjW98ciLoNQLDZmFRKD]

uninstall Zonealarm, go get open source alternative.

[jollyrancher82]

uninstall Zonealarm, go get open source alternative.

Why an open source alternative, and not just some free alternative?

[Meta]

Because Open Source is better.

Cleaner and more reliable code.

[VaKo]

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?

[jollyrancher82]

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.

[metatron]

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.

[cooper]

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.

[CaveMan]

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

[melodic]

use x chat

[anyedie]

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.

[Sparda]

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.