Outpost fails to work in Rules mode but I can't see why

January 5th, 2009
  • I'm running Outpost 2.5.369.4608 on a PC with XP Pro and SP 2.

    The rule set I am using is exactly the same as a friend of mine uses successfully on their PC. They use Broadband and I have Wannadoo dialup and I know that there are no ISP specific references to IP addresses in the rules. The problem is, that on my PC, I cannot use anything that accesses the internet, eg MSN Messenger, Internet Explorer or Outlook Express. If I change to "Allow most" mode, all is fine.

    The only references I see in the log are related to SVCHost or SYSTEM and if I change both of these to "trusted", it makes no difference so I've ruled those out as the problem.

    My ISP is Wannadoo and it is configured to use a proxy server on port 8080 for FTP and HTTP. Do I need to add a rule to cover this (If so, what and where?)? or am I barking up the wrong tree?

    The fact that I'm getting nothing to work in rules mode tells me that there is a rule that's blocking everything but there are no log entries that help me find out what. I further assume that the fact nothing works means that the problem is either a global rule or SVCHost / System, which as I said above, I hope I proved are not the culprits.

    If anyone can help with this, I'd be grateful as it is frustrating
    Thanks in advance


  • The rule set I am using is exactly the same as a friend of mine Do you mean you are using your friend's config file or you made the rules yourself?

    If you are using your friend's config file file, did you try to install OP from scratch and build your own rules?


  • It's a fresh install and was using my rules that I'd created myself, that exported from one PC to the other.

    I also reinstalled Outpost and used the rules that it generates. The result is the same.


  • Just wondering whther you need to configure the actual programmes i.e messenger ,IE ,OE to use the proxy port 8080 in thier own options menus? as they are not enabled by default for a proxy.

    me

    P.S I dont think you need to use the proxy either.When i used freeserve on dialup i didnt notice any great improvement using the cache , so i just used port 80 with no proxy for my internet settings.


  • have you tried using fresh application & SVCHOST rules?

    try 'New configuration' from Outposts' File -menu and see if it makes
    any difference. Remember to save created configuration on a different
    name (I guess OP does it automatically), so you can revert back if needed.







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