FranticInFresno wrote:

I typically bring up ZoneAlarm to shut down all Internet connectivity
while I'm away from my keyboard (AFK).  This is the perfect time to
run SETI, but for some reason, BOINC just crashes whenever I bring up
the firewall.  Why would BOINC need access to the internet/LAN to
just process SETI files, especially when the
"Disable BOINC Network Access" option is selected?

TIA
FIF

I don't know why but if BOINC (or Windows) decides that there is no 
connection to the Internet, it seems to stop processing WUs. (It doesn't 
crash in my case - it just goes idle.) I posted a thread on this problem 
here:

http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=15700

As commented elsewhere, if you have ZoneAlarm (as I do) why engage the 
Internet lock? Paranoid or what?

Brian