Configuring Zone Alarm for VPN

If you are using Zone Labs ZoneAlarm firewall to protect your PC and would like to use the IPSec client to connect to the VPN network, you will need to add the UBC VPN server to the list of ZoneAlarm Trusted Hosts.

The instructions below apply to ZoneAlarm Pro version 5.0.590

Adding VPN Servers to ZoneAlarm's Trusted Hosts

  • Select Start --> Programs --> Zone Labs --> Zone Labs Security to open the application.
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  • Click the Firewall link to open the the Firewall settings panel. Next click the Zones Tab to open the Zones settings panel.
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  • Click on Add --> Host/Site to add the UBC VPN Server to the list of Trusted Hosts.
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  • You will now see the UBC VPN Servers in the Trusted Zones list.
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  • Click Apply to apply your settings.

When you try to connect with the UBC Contivity client, you will see the following popup window from ZoneAlarm: