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re: Firewall Tuesday, July 3, 2007 at 12:51 am Posted by Ms. Eagle (32675 messages posted) What's type of alert are you getting? Is it an outgoing alert, when you try to sign in to an acct., or what are you doing when you get the alert? HTTPS (TCP:443) is the port used for "secure web browser communication." It allows access to Secure websites, like logging in to your Bank acct., Hotmail, etc. Here's a link to an Outpost forum, which may be of help. Outpost is a good firewall, so I wouldn't give it up that easily. http://www.outpostfirewall.com/forum/ Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firewall Wednesday, July 4, 2007 at 6:45 am Posted by Larry (1297 messages posted) Most everyone on this forum has their own personal favorite software firewall that they swear is the "best". Mine is ZoneAlarm. I've tried most of the others too but have stuck with ZA over many years. The newest versions of ZA work only with Win2K or XP, but the older releases that are Win9X compatible can be found at oldversion.com. Scroll down to find ZA at the bottom left. The last release that supports Win9X is 6.1.744 but the release before (6.0) is fine too. On Monday, July 2, 2007 at 1:42 pm, John Coggins wrote: >Can anyone recommend a free firewall, that is compatible with Windows ME? I've had >to change from Highstream to PeoplePC, and my current firewall, Agnitum Outpost (www.agnitum.com) >is acting up. I keep getting an alert HTTPS (TCP:443). I don't seem to be able >to figure out how to configure Outpost to relieve this situation. Could it be that >I have not removed Highstream from my system yet? I wanted to wait until I know >that PeoplePC is running properly (which it seems to be at this point). Any help >or advice would be much appreciated. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firewall Thursday, July 5, 2007 at 1:31 pm Posted by John Coggins (15 messages posted) Carol J., Thank you for the advice. I'm following up on your suggestions. I get the warning after I sign in to my new ISP, PeoplePC, and try to move, to do anything, from the home page. I'll be checking further on the Outpost forum. John On Tuesday, July 3, 2007 at 12:51 am, Carol J wrote: > >What's type of alert are you getting? Is it an outgoing alert, when you try to sign >in to an acct., or what are you doing when you get the alert? > >HTTPS (TCP:443) is the port used for "secure web browser communication." > >It allows access to Secure websites, like logging in to your Bank acct., Hotmail, >etc. > >Here's a link to an Outpost forum, which may be of help. Outpost is a good firewall, >so I wouldn't give it up that easily. >http://www.outpostfirewall.com/forum/ > > > >color="006699">Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firewall Thursday, July 5, 2007 at 6:04 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (32675 messages posted) You're welcome, John. You should be able to choose Allow (or Deny), so your firewall can create a new rule. Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Me Discussion Forum