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To: KayCee who wrote (17412)	3/8/2001 12:19:20 AM
From: mr.mark	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110652

kerry i just ran the symantec security test and passed. but i'm running za, blackice defender and norton personal firewall. the real test (for your purposes) would be for me to shut down bid and npf and run the symantec gig with just za up. or for someone else to try. my guess is that npf is what sufficiently blocks the browser info sent to web servers. why? because it's a symantec test. i might be wrong. and if i keep talking about it i'll get curious enough to try it. :) mark

To: KayCee who wrote (17412)	3/8/2001 12:39:01 AM
From: mr.mark	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110652

kerry i couldn't resist. ran the symantec test with bid and npf disabled. just kept za going. i got the same browser vulnerability rating as you. next up i kept za running and added back in bid. same thing. browser giving up info. and as i told you in a prior post, i passed the test with all three. so my results confirm what i suspected.... norton personal firewall (or norton internet security) is the only way to get past their test. gasp. i'm shocked (not). i did learn that there is a enable browser privacy option that can be checked in npf. i obviously had it selected. <g3> so what have we learned here today? that symantec has a test that, at least to a small degree, tries to point you in the direction of picking up their product. is the browser privacy issue a valid one? i'd like to know what you think? good luck :) mark

To: KayCee who wrote (17412)	3/8/2001 6:08:00 AM
From: thecow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110652

Kerry I tried the security test and got the same results. I'm guessing here but I've tried every security test I've run across and this is the first thing I have found on any of them that says this particular "problem" needs fixing. JMHO but Symantec does want us to buy their product. I've run Symantec's security program in the past and this problem was not detected as such. IMO, nice addition to their sales pitch. Besides, if someone wants to read my browsing history they'll die of boredom before they finish. tc :-)