Zone Alarm Question

[ftwynne59]

Hi

Still a relative newb re: firewalls.....I have ZA free, and on boot-up, even before net-connection (Broadband), the ZA System Tray Icon flashes red & green indicating inbound and outbound traffic. What is happening here, as I always assumed there has to be an active net connection for ZA to display net traffic ?

Anyone ??....???

[Kerodo]

ZA will also flash the traffic lights when there is any loopback (127.0.0.1) traffic on your machine.

[ftwynne59]

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Kerodo

please explain what you mean by this.....is this normal expected behaviour...or something else ??

As I said.......I'm a newbie, and need educating !!!!:)

Cheers

[Kerodo]

Yes, it's totally normal and no cause for concern. For more info take a look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loopback or Google for "loopback" or "localhost" or "127.0.0.1" and so on.

[ftwynne59]

Kerodo

Thanks for your responses.....I'm now more comfortable and a little less paranoid !!!

Many thanks
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