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RE: Software Firewalls
From: <Lance.Druger () wellsfargo com>
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 17:29:53 -0500
Sorry, I wasn't clear. ZDnet found holes in Kaspresky's firewall - not F-secure. I was trying to say the AV engine, which is quite good, can be found in the more comprehensive F-secure product. Lance Druger -----Original Message----- From: Bryan S. Sampsel [mailto:bsampsel () libertyactivist org] Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 2:08 PM To: security-basics () securityfocus com Subject: RE: Software Firewalls Actually, F-Secure uses both Kaspersky and F-Prot AV engines and licensed Lavasoft's AdAware for Anti-Spyware. The suite works quite well and I've yet to have anything get past it... As to ZDNet, I take most of their reviews with a grain of salt...they're kind of like a gun magazine, a lot of fluff and not a lot of grit. I haven't used the corporate implementation of F-Secure in a long time, but the home user Internet Security Suite seems to be thorough...but then, it did take a little time and attention to make sure I had it configured how I wanted. F-Prot still makes it's own AV...it's very meat and potatoes, not at all fancy. But it works and it's cheap $25 for five licenses or something. Sincerely, Bryan S. Sampsel LibertyActivist.org Lance.Druger () wellsfargo com wrote:
The f-secure suite uses Kaspersky's av engine and two in house
engines.
ZD-net wasn't too thrilled with the product and supposedly found some holes, but the user's base seems to like it.
http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/Kaspersky_Anti_Hacker/4505-3513_16-20814684
.html Lance Druger (925) 674-7314 -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Chong [mailto:andrewjw () singnet com sg] Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 2:30 PM To: 'Chris Hunhoff'; security-basics () securityfocus com Subject: RE: Software Firewalls I've been using Kaspersky lab personal security suite for virus, spyware, adwares, worms prevention. http://www.sweetfantasy.biz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11&PN=1 Regards, Andrew Chong, CISSP (http://www.sweetfantasy.biz) -----Original Message----- From: Chris Hunhoff [mailto:chunhoff () eastriver coop] Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 3:18 AM To: security-basics () securityfocus com Subject: RE: Software Firewalls My personal favorite is: http://www.tinysoftware.com/home/tiny2?la=EN I have been using and recommending it for a couple of years and I have yet to hear a complaint. -----Original Message----- From: Steve.Cummings () barclayscapital com [mailto:Steve.Cummings () barclayscapital com] Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 1:00 PM To: Lance.Druger () wellsfargo com; security-basics () securityfocus com Subject: Re: Software Firewalls Hmm only two I can recommend Mcaffe I think is called Esm or iss desktop protector -----Original Message----- From: Lance.Druger () wellsfargo com <Lance.Druger () wellsfargo com> To: security-basics () securityfocus com <security-basics () securityfocus com> Sent: Thu Sep 22 20:35:29 2005 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 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.4/109 - Release Date: 9/21/2005
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