Article Name
ZoneAlarm alerts freeze after 500 alerts. Does this mean that packets are getting past the firewall?
Products
ZAISS
Operating System
Windows
Solution
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The firewall is still blocking packets and protecting your system. ZoneAlarm stops generating
new alerts in order to protect you from Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. Denial of Service
occurs when packets arrive more rapidly than they can be processed.
As it takes more
time to block a packet and generate an alert than it does to block a packet without generating
an alert, ZoneAlarm responds to the rapid arrival of large numbers of packets
by limiting the rate at which alerts are generated. If more than a certain number of packets
arrive in a certain period of time, alert generation is halted until the time period has
expired. This prevents system crashes due to running out of memory.
You can clear the Current Alerts cache from the Alerts panel in ZoneAlarm. This allows you to see any new alerts that may arise. |