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List:       security-basics
Subject:    Re: Personal Firewall
From:       Nathaniel Hall <lists () nathanhall ! net>
Date:       2005-09-29 0:02:23
Message-ID: 433B2F0F.5040402 () nathanhall ! net
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I personally recommend Trend Micro.  I have had very good luck on my
systems.  It is a great firewall and antivirus product.

Nathan Hall

Lance.Druger@wellsfargo.com wrote:

>After talking to support (and in some cases attempting to talk to
>support and failing) and finding out more about the features, I'm going
>to try the demo of f-secure.  I'll let you know how it goes, I may or
>may not get it in the end, (I'll let the list know) but this has been a
>worthwhile discussion. Thanks for all the input.
>
>http://www.f-secure.com/
>
>Lance Druger
>(925) 674-7314
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Flory Jeffrey D Ctr 59 MDSS/MSISI
>[mailto:Jeffrey.Flory2.ctr@LACKLAND.AF.MIL] 
>Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 11:45 AM
>To: Lance.Druger@wellsfargo.com; security-basics@securityfocus.com;
>bhowmik.shah@gmail.com
>Subject: RE: security-basics@securityfocus.com
>
>Have you tried the one that comes with XP.  If not it works, but for a
>network wide firewall you might want to try sidewinder, this firewall
>works
>great.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Lance.Druger@wellsfargo.com [mailto:Lance.Druger@wellsfargo.com] 
>Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 5:51 PM
>To: security-basics@securityfocus.com
>Subject: RE: security-basics@securityfocus.com
>
>
>
>Most of these will work on both XP and 2003.  I've heard bad things
>about
>Blackice.
>
>Most of the firewall review sites are just plain bad.  One knocked
>Sygate
>for lacking functions they have.  Most of these test sites don't do any
>exhaustive tests.  They do a simple port test and base the review on
>"Features" it's a firewall, if I wanted a virus scanner I'd buy one, if
>I
>wanted anti-spyware I'd download it.  
>
>I want a real firewall that's been hardened and tested with actual
>security
>features like an IDS/IPS.
>
>Lance Druger
>(925) 674-7314
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bhowmik Shah [mailto:bhowmik.shah@gmail.com] 
>Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 3:36 PM
>To: security-basics@securityfocus.com
>Cc: Lance.Druger@wellsfargo.com
>Subject: RE: Software Firewalls
>
>Could somebody suggest a few Windows 2003 firewalls as well.
>
>Bhowmik
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Lance.Druger@wellsfargo.com [mailto:Lance.Druger@wellsfargo.com] 
>Sent: Friday, 23 September 2005 5:35 AM
>To: security-basics@securityfocus.com
>Subject: Software Firewalls
>
>I'm personally (not the company I work for) looking for a new software
>firewall.  I was using Sygate as it has an active IPS and excellent
>logging,
>but it was purchased by Norton and has been discontinued. 
>
>- Zonalarm - 6.0 is unstable and lacks an IPS and the OS firewall slows
>the
>PC down, and creates shutdown delays of over 2 minutes on a virgin
>install
>of Windows
>
>- Norton tends to litter the registry, but feature wise may be the best
>option.
>
>- Kerio has ceased development 
>
>I have a NAT router, but really need a software firewall (paid is fine)
>with
>the following features:
>
>Required:
>Windows XP Compatible
>IPS - unattended active shunning of users that attempt hacking activity
>Does
>not slow traffic significantly Bi-directional Actively being
>improved/updated Advanced rule creation A decent (but not completely
>intuitive) interface Program access control (preferably w/ MD5 hash) A
>minimal IDS (logging suspicious activity) Resistant to various "leak
>test"
>type attacks
>
>Desirable:
>Small memory footprint
>Clean uninstall
>
>
>Any recommendations or experience with the Norton product would be
>greatly
>appreciated?
>
>Lance Druger
>
>  
>


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