I've had good luck with ZoneAlarm - even the free version. Not much gets by it either direction. Only has the option of remembering the decision you made (to allow or disallow) but has a nice console interface to change options locally (network) and for the internet. Cheers! Brian Graham, Systems Developer PG&E National Energy Group Information Management, IT Dept. mailto:brian.graham@neg.pge.com -----Original Message----- From: Olin Sibert [mailto:wos@oxford.com] Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 12:38 AM To: cmcurtin@interhack.net Cc: bugtraq@securityfocus.com Subject: Re: PCFriendly DVD Backchannel <snip> Programs like BlackIce get almost all the way there, except they seem to be only port-based, not address-based. To avoid each user having to make all the choices, one might distribute configuration files with known unresirable locations already listed. It might also be possible for the warning to "score" the warning in some way (e.g., if the program is not a known browser, it's somewhat more suspicious for it to be talking to a web server). Have I missed sme great piece of software that does this already (Linux or Windows), or is this an unmet need? Thanks -- Olin Sibert <wos@oxford.com> PG&E National Energy Group and any other company referenced herein that uses the PG&E name or logo are not the same company as Pacific Gas and Electric Company, the regulated California utility. Neither PG&E National Energy Group nor these other referenced companies are regulated by the California Public Utilities Commission. Customers of Pacific Gas and Electric Company do not have to buy products from these companies in order to continue to receive quality regulated services from the utility.