É o seguinte, para quem nao leu o tópico acima, eu tenho alguns problemas com ligações k se estabalecem usando regras do emule, sem este estar a funcionar, e quem usa, é um processo de nome "n/a" . Este processo tenta conectar in/out, e isso é registado pelo logviwer, e kd isto acontece, perco o acesso aos programas k usam net (simplesmente comportam-se como se nao tivesse net) (mas por acaso agora ta a acontecer isso e nao tenho problemas com o firefox....daí nao ser linear....o k ma anda a dar cabo do juizo)
Continuando, pelo que li nos tais forums da Agnitum, ha utilizadores k se queixam k esse processo n/a faz downloads, 9mb....7mb...etc...e msm cortando o acesso à net dessa "aplicação" ela continua a aceder à net...tb reportam outras cosias estranhas, k podem ler nos links mais a baixo...
como alguns de vos devem saber, nos USA entrou em vigor uma lei, Patriot Act, k supostamente é para proteger a américa, mas k viola a privacidade das pessoas, ao ponte de nesses forums se falar da relação entre estes problemas estranhos na outpost, e essa tal patriot act,- eles tb falam noutros programas alem da outpost, salvo erro -
De referir k isto é na versão 2.6, pk na 2.5 esse tal n/a é blokeado!
The US Government Law Enforcement agencies now insist that all firewalls, software and hardware, allow access to bypass them inbound. The firewall manufacturers are obliged to supply a "key" to this effect. Britain, among other countries, has given in to this request.
The Patriot Act gives the US Government the right to plant "Spyware" in anybody's computer. This can be easily checked by reading the new Spyware Act, which specifically exempts the Law Enforcement Agencies from this Law, and specifically for this purpose.
Also, I am led to believe, and have no reason to doubt, that the US Government has a type of Spyware that sits on another site, and by means of the "key" can leach information from any computer without actually being resident, and therefore remains undetectable.
If you ask any of the main FW manufacturers if any of this is true, which I have done, they absolutely refuse to reply. No specific denials, just no reply.
I was involved, for a short time, with a well-known hardware firewall manufacturer, and I was able to get confirmation of my suspicions.
A thorough reading of the new US Spyware Law, however, shows quite clearly that this ability exists, as it is given total and specific exemption from the law.
Windows, and particularly SP2, is created to facilitate investigations by US Law Enforcement Agencies and the main "tool" it provides is Generic Host Process 32 for Windows.
Many Firewalls, and Windows itself, phone home via GHP to the extent that examination of a log reveals they chat continually throughout the duration of any connection. I am told the information they send is filtered by computers looking for key words that will automatically flag the user for further investigation.
I accept that there is a need to police the Internet. However, I also believe in privacy. The new breed of firewall and Windows SP2 do an excellent job of protecting us in the Internet, but who is protecting us from them?
I would like to see some honesty from the firewall manufacturers, and also from Microsoft. My specific questions to Microsoft on GHP have produced pathetic answers. I have addressed the same specific questions to certain FW manufacturers, and they either do not respond or they give very nebulous replies. If I produced a product and somebody questioned its integrity, I would happily make a public statement denying the allegations.
The British police have happily gone along with the US requirements, but as yet the British law doesn't allow the police to "tap" somebody's computer without a Court Order.... so they ask the US agencies to do it for them where they feel they have need. However, they are currently applying to change the law to allow this, and other activities. The application they have submitted clearly states that they want similar abilities to those given in the US Patriot Act. All this can be verified, as laws are in the public domain.
What happens if a law enforcement officer reveals to a friend the methods used?
There are many discussion groups in the Internet who discuss this type of issue. Many of them just love conspiracy theories. However, careful reading of security laws brought out in the last couple of years make it quite clear what the police can do, and what more they want to do.
The key is in Generic Host Process for Windows and to a smaller extent in other similar applications that make connection difficult if not granted the permissions they seek.
GHP and similar applications cannot be controlled by any other firewall apart from allow or disallow. Outpost gives the ability to control every aspect of how GHP communicates. I like it. I just wish my computer would operate without GHP.
Mas tb ha a outra versão da história, k isto é tudo uma teoria da conspiração, etc...
agora só sei k desde k instalei a nova versão do outpost tenho tido problemas (2.6) e por via das dúvidas, vou regredir para a versão 2.5 outra x...
Agora leiam o k puderem destes posts, e discutam isto, pk se for verdade, significa que ha brechas de segurança, k os governos E NÃO SÓ, podem usar contra nós...
Threads que sustentam os receios:
http://www.outpostfirewall.com/forum/sh ... hp?t=13635
http://outpostfirewall.com/forum/showth ... #post91344
Threads com opiniões:
http://www.techzonez.com/forums/showthr ... #post92849
http://techzonez.com/forums/showthread. ... +firewalls
Thread que sustenta que não ha problema nenhum:
http://outpostfirewall.com/forum/showth ... ight=n%2Fa
Explicação oficial da Agnitum:
http://www.agnitum.com/support/kb/artic ... 41&lang=en
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