RE: Software Firewalls

["Gary K. Fulford" <gfulford () theemmanuelgroup com>]

Hello All,

If I may, as a partner with most major virus and protection companies; I
have found that F-Secure offer a very functional and robust firewall. Of
course, if you looking for a real robust software program then I would say
that Norton is the one. However, functionality is not very good. 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Bhowmik Shah [mailto:bhowmik.shah () gmail com] 
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 6:36 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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