Re: Client End Firewalls

[Josh Mills <joshdmills () gmail com>]

I have never had any luck with the symantec product. In my opinion the
fsecure products are the most robust and reliable products out there
even if they are a little tougher to get up and running.


On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 09:30:39 +0300, Ehab Abu Al -Khair
<ehab () arabesque com kw> wrote:
> Try Symantec Client security , it is integrated solution
> Antivirus+Firewall+IPS
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Grant.Orchard () aws aust com [mailto:Grant.Orchard () aws aust com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 3:09 AM
> To: staylor () velectric com
> Cc: security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: RE: Client End Firewalls
>
>
>
>
> Hi Scott,
>
> I should have provided more detail sorry. I'm looking to centrally
> manage
> this. Employees will be given basic training, more for awareness than
> "how
> to" knowledge. We are planning on developing a corporate rule set which
> we
> can modify upon legitimate requests.
>
> We recently had our comms company come out and tell us about the "great
> new
> zone labs product". Of course, I don't trust them not to be impartial so
> I
> thought you guys could provide some help.
> 1. Are client side firewalls worth having (yes)
> 2. Have you had any experience with Zone Labs
> 3. If not, what client firewall product would you recommend?
>
> Thanks a lot
>
> Grant Orchard
> IT Coordinator
> Australian Water Services
> 02 9224 7916
> 0403 457 315
>
>             staylor@velectric
>
>             .com
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> To
>             05/10/2004 06:50          securityfocus () delahunty com,
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>             AM
> security-basics () securityfocus com,
>                                       Grant.Orchard () aws aust com
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> cc
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> Subject
>                                       RE: Client End Firewalls
>
> What would be a good one to implement? I would be interested in knowing:
> 1. Would you train all employee's on managing the local firewall?
> 2. Would you just have your IT people configure it and not let
> individual
> users mess with it?
> 3. It seems it could create a lot of administration overhead.
>
> Thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Scott
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve [mailto:securityfocus () delahunty com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 6:21 AM
> To: security-basics () securityfocus com; Grant.Orchard () aws aust com
> Subject: Re: Client End Firewalls
>
> These can be very effective at blocking incoming traffic to the
> workstations
> and also the ones like from Symantec get firewall policy/rule updates
> downloaded periodically.
>
> Consider the situation where some of your folks with laptops are at a
> customer site, or a vendor site - they are wide open to threats without
> desktop firewall protection.  Consider the situation where a worm gets
> inside your network somehow, it will bounce around infecting many
> machines
> if there is no desktop protection.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Grant.Orchard () aws aust com>
> To: <security-basics () securityfocus com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 12:27 AM
> Subject: Client End Firewalls
>
> Hi guys,
>
> How much protection do you believe client side firewalls provide? My
> boss
> has asked for my thoughts on a system like Zone Labs are now offering.
> Can
> anyone provide me with their thoughts on what benefits this actually
> provides?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Grant Orchard
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