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RJK
Just set up TalkTalk BB / SmartAX MT882 adsl modem/router for a friend:-
2005 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd
http://www.huawei.com/products/terminal/products/view.do?id=121
Installed ZA, and set IE7's Internet security Zone slider to High, ...and
whilst tweaking things up, and wading around the ridiculous html menus in
the router, to check that NAT was on etc, I went to grc.com | Shields Up and
it reported that port 80 was open, and lots of other service ports were not
stealthed.
Then I noticed that IE7's Internet security zone "slider" had vanished, as
if Custom settings had been set, so I set Default and then yanked it back up
to High, cleared TIF and Cookies, repeated the "Shields up" test whilst
yanking that slider back up to High each step of the way and eventually got
a "Perfect" result.
So, it looks like Steve Gibson can change a persons IE7 Internet Zone
Security settings !!
Anyone know how to prevent this, other than not using Steve Gibsons "Shields
Up."
I think it's a bit of a dirty trick to reduce a customers security settings,
and then report that his port stealthing is inadequate !
regards, Richard
2005 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd
http://www.huawei.com/products/terminal/products/view.do?id=121
Installed ZA, and set IE7's Internet security Zone slider to High, ...and
whilst tweaking things up, and wading around the ridiculous html menus in
the router, to check that NAT was on etc, I went to grc.com | Shields Up and
it reported that port 80 was open, and lots of other service ports were not
stealthed.
Then I noticed that IE7's Internet security zone "slider" had vanished, as
if Custom settings had been set, so I set Default and then yanked it back up
to High, cleared TIF and Cookies, repeated the "Shields up" test whilst
yanking that slider back up to High each step of the way and eventually got
a "Perfect" result.
So, it looks like Steve Gibson can change a persons IE7 Internet Zone
Security settings !!
Anyone know how to prevent this, other than not using Steve Gibsons "Shields
Up."
I think it's a bit of a dirty trick to reduce a customers security settings,
and then report that his port stealthing is inadequate !
regards, Richard