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RE: Software Firewalls
From: <Lance.Druger () wellsfargo com>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 17:44:38 -0500
ZA is what I'm running now; the OS firewall slows down everything. Turn it off and see if your apps speed up. On a 3.2 GHZ P4 w/ 2GB RAM it's slow, that and no IDS. :( Nice to know about McAfee, I'm seriously looking at them. I'm just not happy w/ ZA. Sygate was awesome, even caught a worm attempt on an open port (port forwarded) and locked out the attacker while I was at work. Too bad it's discontinued. If Norton was bright they'd drop their firewall and just offer a re-branded Sygate. Lance Druger (925) 674-7314 -----Original Message----- From: Chip Weber [mailto:weberac () cox net] Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 3:34 PM To: Steve.Cummings () barclayscapital com; Lance.Druger () wellsfargo com; security-basics () securityfocus com Subject: RE: Software Firewalls Sorry to hear about Sygate.....it was one of the most feature rich programs. Norton has improved, but I use combination of ZoneAlarm and TrendMicro. ZA is version 6.0.667. An earlier version was buggey. McAffee has been known to have holes in the past....not sure of current status -----Original Message----- From: Steve.Cummings () barclayscapital com [mailto:Steve.Cummings () barclayscapital com] Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 2:00 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For more information about Barclays Capital, please visit our web site at http://www.barcap.com. Internet communications are not secure and therefore the Barclays Group does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. Although the Barclays Group operates anti-virus programmes, it does not accept responsibility for any damage whatsoever that is caused by viruses being passed. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Barclays Group. Replies to this email may be monitored by the Barclays Group for operational or business reasons. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current thread:
- Software Firewalls Lance.Druger (Sep 26)
- Re: Software Firewalls Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers (Sep 27)
- RE: Software Firewalls Bhowmik Shah (Sep 27)
- RE: Software Firewalls Gary K. Fulford (Sep 28)
- RE: Software Firewalls Chris Chandler (Sep 27)
- Re: Software Firewalls Sergej Kouleshov (Sep 27)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Software Firewalls Steve.Cummings (Sep 26)
- RE: Software Firewalls Chip Weber (Sep 27)
- Re: Software Firewalls jlnelson059 (Sep 27)
- RE: Software Firewalls Lance.Druger (Sep 27)
- RE: Software Firewalls Chris Hunhoff (Sep 27)
- Re: Software Firewalls Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers (Sep 28)
- RE: Software Firewalls Andrew Chong (Sep 28)
- RE: Software Firewalls Lance.Druger (Sep 27)
- Re: Software Firewalls higgins1 (Sep 27)
- RE: Software Firewalls Mike Fetherston (Sep 28)
- RE: Software Firewalls Lance.Druger (Sep 28)
- RE: Software Firewalls Lance.Druger (Sep 28)
- RE: Software Firewalls Kofron, Matt (Sep 28)
- RE: Software Firewalls Lance.Druger (Sep 28)
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