Re: Outpost Free won't allow any traffic

Learning mode has always worked perfectly for me on several computers. I've
never had to "write rules".

"elaich" <a@b.c> wrote in message news:3ft69fF9f4giU1@individual.net...
> elaich <a@b.c> wrote in news:3fs1ijF9bjrnU1@individual.net:
>
> > After seeing what an atrocious job Sygate Free does
> > (www.firewallleaktest.com) I decided to try Outpost Free.
> >
> > I installed it, ran it, and it won't allow any traffic at all! I put
> > it in Rules Wizard mode, and nothing happens. I told it to allow my
> > browser and Xnews, and it won't. Does anybody know why it might be
> > doing this?
>
> I found the answer on an Outpost forum. It's a bug. To get around it, you
> have to set the policy to "block most" and then write rules for your
> allowed apps.
>
> Apparently, the learning mode never worked properly.
>
> BTW, the above URL should be http://firewallleaktester.com
>
> --
> "No sports writers were harmed during the making of this post. And what I
> want to know is - why not?"
Received on Thu Sep 29 19:53:17 2005