Zonealarm Alerts inside VNC session, freeze the session..

[James Weatherall]

Andrew,

Yes, ZoneAlarm can be configured to accept application-generated input
events.  Please refer to the ZoneLabs' documentation for details.

Regards,

Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Ziffer [mailto:abziffer "at" yahoo.com] 
> Sent: 19 December 2005 13:57
> To: jnw "at" realvnc.com
> Subject: RE: Zonealarm Alerts inside VNC session, freeze the session..
> 
> 
> Can ZoneAlarm be configured to accept the "synthetic" input.  
> This makes
> using ZoneAlarm impractical with certain applications that spontaneous
> request Internet access?
> 
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> Zonealarm Alerts inside VNC session, freeze the session.. 
> James Weatherall jnw "at" realvnc.com 
> Tue Dec 21 10:29:01 2004 
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> Navneet,
> 
> This is a known issue with the default settings for 
> ZoneAlarm, which has a
> feature that filters out "synthetic" input from other 
> applications, to stop
> malicious applications from being able to detect & close 
> ZoneAlarm warnings
> themselves.   VNC Server produces "synthetic" input events 
> for the mouse &
> keyboard and so these are completely filtered when a 
> ZoneAlarm popup is
> active.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.
>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com 
> > [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On Behalf Of Navneet Yadav
> > Sent: 21 December 2004 02:51
> > To: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> > Subject: Zonealarm Alerts inside VNC session, freeze the session..
> > 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Apologize if this has already been discussed. I am facing a 
> > problem whose
> > only other description I found on google is at:
> > 
> > http://www.wackyb.com/zzub/lofiversion/index.php/t5795.html
> > 
> > This is not a firewall problem. My work computer is a 
> Windows XP Pro.
> > I have Zone Alarm version 3.7.143. I also run RealVNC Server 
> > 4.0, Built
> > June 15 2004. The firewall and the VNC server run fine.
> > 
> > My home computer is a Windows 2K machine and I have a RealVNC client
> > 4.0 client. I also have the same Zonealarm version on the 
> > home computer.
> > 
> > The VNC client connects without a hitch to the VNC server. 
> But once I
> > am inside the VNC window, if my office computer throws up a 
> Zone Alarm
> > alert (say an app wants to connect to internet for the first time
> > and zone alarm asks me if I want to allow it), then the VNC 
> > client session
> > goes for a toss, as soon as I click the Yes or No button on 
> > the Zonealarm
> > Alert window. The session does not fully freeze.
> > 
> > The Zone Alarm Alert window seems to be the only one which 
> > responds to Keyboard 
> > strokes and that too only to the Tab key. Nothing responds to 
> > Mouse. The first
> > mouse click on the Yes button is not accepted. I can move fom 
> > the "Yes" to the
> > "No" buttons in the Alert window using the keyboard "Tab" key.
> > 
> > If I close the VNC session and start it again, it connects 
> > successfully,
> > but the screen is in the same state. The Zone Alarm Alert 
> > window is still
> > there and only its "Yes" or "No" buttons can be selected 
> > using Tab key.
> > But pressing return does not work.
> > 
> > Is this a known issue ? Any workarounds ?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Navneet
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