nifty stats and windows 7 firewall - GoFuckYourself.com

roly · 11-02-2009, 10:09 AM

hi

has anyone got nifty stats working with the windows 7 firewall. i'm blocking all outbound connections, unless they have a rule. i've made a rule for stats.exe but it seems to be blocking it's outbound connection. anyone know if there's something else i have to allow?

thanks in advance

roly · 11-02-2009, 04:04 PM

bump 1234

GrouchyAdmin · 11-02-2009, 04:39 PM

A software firewall on the same host is almost as good as a condom made entirely of swiss cheese. Just disable it. Not the answer you wanted, but it's truthful, at least.

roly · 11-03-2009, 01:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GrouchyAdmin

A software firewall on the same host is almost as good as a condom made entirely of swiss cheese. Just disable it. Not the answer you wanted, but it's truthful, at least.

i disagree to an extent, i used to use zonealarm and in the rare occasion i did get a nasty trojan or something, it was sometimes that which indicated a problem first (an unuathorised outbound connection).

11-02-2009, 10:09 AM	#1
roly Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 1,844	nifty stats and windows 7 firewall hi has anyone got nifty stats working with the windows 7 firewall. i'm blocking all outbound connections, unless they have a rule. i've made a rule for stats.exe but it seems to be blocking it's outbound connection. anyone know if there's something else i have to allow? thanks in advance

11-02-2009, 04:39 PM	#3
GrouchyAdmin Now choke yourself! Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 12,085	A software firewall on the same host is almost as good as a condom made entirely of swiss cheese. Just disable it. Not the answer you wanted, but it's truthful, at least. __________________ AIM: GrouchyGfy

11-02-2009, 04:04 PM	#2
roly Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 1,844	bump 1234