Gem install rails issue - socket problem with Zonealarm

Hi all together,

it’s my first post here, so if I am doing anything wrong in formal
things, please give a hint.

What I want:

I am stuck with the normal symptoms for this constellation (you can read
them here on the list from time to time), the best overview gives
http://www.jfnadeau.com/node/3 (title: ZoneAlarm Woes.)

Is there any know fix for this which came up in the last weeks?
Somewhere I read it was not a ruby problem but ruby is the only
application which came up with it.

Can I work around it if I install the related packages manually? Which
disadvantages would then come up later during development?

Any help is appreciated, I now almost spent one night and one day on
this … :frowning:

Thanks,

Henning

P.S.: btw: where can I subscribe the mailinglist?