Comments on: iTunes + Zone Alarm do not mix http://r3dux.org/2011/12/itunes-zone-alarm-do-not-mix/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=itunes-zone-alarm-do-not-mix A number-pimping side project from the valleys in *NEW* upside-down flavour. Tue, 15 May 2012 23:01:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: r3dux http://r3dux.org/2011/12/itunes-zone-alarm-do-not-mix/#comment-7382 r3dux Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:49:03 +0000 http://r3dux.org/?p=5850#comment-7382 Just uninstalled Zone Alarm and using Windows Firewall - it's perfectly fine, and sitting behind the router firewall anyway. My own theory is that Apple are running encrypted TCP/IP over USB and that Zone Alarm is seeing something it finds suspicious in the stream and then stripping and/or blocking it. Just uninstalled Zone Alarm and using Windows Firewall – it’s perfectly fine, and sitting behind the router firewall anyway.

My own theory is that Apple are running encrypted TCP/IP over USB and that Zone Alarm is seeing something it finds suspicious in the stream and then stripping and/or blocking it.

]]> By: shetboy http://r3dux.org/2011/12/itunes-zone-alarm-do-not-mix/#comment-7381 shetboy Fri, 30 Dec 2011 07:33:48 +0000 http://r3dux.org/?p=5850#comment-7381 Yes, I've known about this for a while. When you upgrade the iPhone OS (probably the same for iPod too) you also need to kill ZoneAlarm. Basically the sequence is... Open iTunes Import new songs, etc into iTunes Kill ZoneAlarm Transfer songs / update OS Start ZoneAlarm Updating the OS can often take in excess of 1hour so you're relying on your router firewall to keep you safe. Personally I think iTunes is transmitting data on undocumented ports that they do not wish to make public. // Tinfoil hat Yes, I’ve known about this for a while.

When you upgrade the iPhone OS (probably the same for iPod too) you also need to kill ZoneAlarm.

Basically the sequence is…
Open iTunes
Import new songs, etc into iTunes
Kill ZoneAlarm
Transfer songs / update OS
Start ZoneAlarm

Updating the OS can often take in excess of 1hour so you’re relying on your router firewall to keep you safe.

Personally I think iTunes is transmitting data on undocumented ports that they do not wish to make public.

// Tinfoil hat

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