Zone Alarm & Skype

Sincere condolences.

Why not just using the Windows-Firewall then?

Yours, VB.

Refer to

Regards - JW

And then we are - once again - back in the good old and everlasting discussion about the reliability of "outbound connection control".

/B. Nice

From that:

| Software firewalls do something that SP2's firewall does not do--block | and filter outbound connections as well.

Why filtering outbound is useless and even counterproductive, you can read in many threads here.

Yours, VB.

Did you install ZA as admin and Skype while as a user? That could cause what you are (not) seeing.

"ArtDent" wrote

To make sure, I uninstalled Skype and reinstalled it while as Admin user. Same result as before. I shutdown ZA, now I can do a Skype Test Call successfully. Then started ZA, now Skype Test Call doesn't work. Put Skype in offline then tried to get back to on-line - it stays off-line. Exited Skype, restarted it - can't logon, ZA has blocked communication to Skype server.

Regards - JW

Can you see it in the program list now? To change its permissions manually? I presume / hope it isn't that you installed ZA as user.

Why don't you try posting to a ZA NG where they can help you.

Duane :)

"ArtDent" wrote

No, I cannot see it.

No, I installed ZA as admin.

Regards - JW

"Duane Arnold" wrote

There isn't any ZA NG - I thought this one was the closest to the topic. Please let me know if I am wrong.

Regards - JW

long

Duane :)

John Wright schrieb:

So you found the cause yourself. Why do you ask here?

Regards Thomas

I think Duane is right that your best help would probably come over in that ZA forum. Do a search there to see if anybody else has had the same problem and if they were able to resolve it. If nothing, then ask there. It could be something simple, it could be something 'tricky', it could be an incompatibility that will need a patch from either Skype or ZA or both. I know this isn't all that helpful, but maybe get you pointed in the right direction at least. I don't remember if you said, did you email both their support@'s about this?

Skype uses ports 80+443, so you need to allow in/out any ip ports 80,443 you may also need to PORT FORWARD these ports in your router

fyi: google for 'Skype port usage'

(sorry the boys like to play king of the mountain here instead of addressing your needs)

"Jeff B" wrote

I simply uninstalled ZA and re-installed it, and Skype works perfectly now, there is indeed an entry in the Programme Control list now. Don't know why it didn't work with the version I had before, which was up-to-date.

Thanks very much for your helpful remarks.

Regards - JW