Re: ZoneAlarm

[lsherer () ZONELABS COM (Larz Sherer)]

This is the company position on the Port 67 issue....

The port 67 vulnerability has been eliminated.  The 
upgraded version of ZoneAlarm contains the fix and is 
available from http://www.zonelabs.com/download_ZA.htm

Previously, ZoneAlarm did not prevent TCP or UDP packets 
from entering the computer through port 67.  Port 67 was 
deliberately left open to avoid instabilities encountered 
on Windows NT machines using DHCP.

We felt confident that this did not compromise your 
security or the security of our other users.  ZoneAlarm, in 
addition to its firewall capabilities, provides protection 
against hackers through its unique application control 
feature.  Our product only allows applications the user 
specifically approves to communicate via the Internet.  
Even if a port appears to be open for traffic from the 
outside, it is in fact closed to all unauthorized traffic.  
Therefore port 67 could not (and cannot) be co-opted 
unknowingly into communicating your private information to 
a hacker via a Trojan horse.  Our two measures of security 
taken together provide the utmost protection for our 
users.  

Best regards
Zone Labs Support