Author: Michael Cummings
Date: 07:46:33 06/30/00
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On June 30, 2000 at 10:40:36, Michael Cummings wrote: >On June 30, 2000 at 10:26:34, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote: > >>On June 30, 2000 at 05:28:31, Michael Cummings wrote: >> >>>On June 30, 2000 at 04:38:25, Jeroen van Dorp wrote: >>> >>>>You should download IDCIde, from http://www.idcide.com; it blocks cookies (any >>>>decent browser can do that) on different levels or completely. But more >>>>interesting, it network tracks and groups them. >>>> >>>>You'll be amazed to look at the tracking stats. >>>> >>>>An example: I daily visit http://www.calvinandhobbes.com, an innocent cartoon of >>>>a little boy and his tiger. >>>>The site has some 10 trackers at a time, with the well known doubleclick and so >>>>on. >>>> >>>>If you look at the sites that say doubleclick follows you over the net any >>>>sucker could make up a profile of your interests on the net (and probably in >>>>real life) that's over 90% accurate. >>>> >>>>I was very well known to cookies, but until IDCide I never fully appreciated >>>>their cleverness. >>>> >>>>Jeroen ;-} >>> >>>There is a freeware program called Zone Alarm. It is capable of making you roam >>>the net in stealth. I have logged on a few times and have had this program block >>>communication from sites I have not been to in months >> >>"This Firewall has been found to contain a serious security hole >>that would allow a remote attacker to TCP and UDP scan the entire >>host´s port range without detection." >>http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/archive.html >>[please see April 2000 #13 article,"Zone Alarm Firewall can be easily >>scanned for open ports"] JAFM > >Yes, The people from Zone Alarm actually stated this to me in an email. But this >does not apply when you use maximum security. And in the latest update this has >actually been fixed, Along with a few other bugs. > >The program was last updated in late May. Just get the latest version and you will be fine
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