RE: Personal Firewalls

["Craig Searle" <craig.searle () sift com au>]

Its probably only a few small matters of personal preference but, I do like
the Intrusion Detection system and the DLL authentication. I just feel like
it gives me that extra level of control.

I suppose the only other thing would be that I felt ZoneAlarm is trying to
become more 'user-friendly' to appeal to the "Mum & Dad" market- I can
totally understand why they would make that decision but I feel that it
detracts from the product overall (or maybe I'm just plain fussy!!).

If you wanted a 'set and forget' firewall then it would be hard to go past
ZoneAlarm, but if you wanted more control etc then I think Sygate is the
better option.

Craig Searle
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-----Original Message-----
From: Rory [mailto:nazgul () csn ul ie] 
Sent: Thursday, 10 April 2003 02:25 AM
To: Craig Searle
Cc: 'Sridhar J'; security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: RE: Personal Firewalls


Mmmmmmm i'm curious i'm use zone alarm on a computer at home and am quite
happy with it. I ws just wondering what caused you to pick Sygate over zone
alarm. I'm quite happy with zone alarm but if there is something that is
better I wouldn't mind knowing why.


On Wed, 9 Apr 2003, Craig Searle wrote:

> I have used all three in the past and found Sygate PRO to be the best 
> by far (I haven't tried the free version, but I have been told it is 
> quite good too).
>
> The logging features will also help you to better understand what is 
> going on while you are "connected".
>
> Having said that, ZoneAlarm is also very good- a close second to 
> Sygate.
>
> Best of luck,
>
> Craig Searle
> SIFT Pty Ltd
> www.sift.com.au
>
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> F (02) 9236 7271
> M 0402 914 077
> E craig.searle () sift com au
>
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> Martin Place, Sydney NSW 2000
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sridhar J [mailto:sridhar.jayaraman () wipro com]
> Sent: Wednesday, 9 April 2003 05:27 AM
> To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: Personal Firewalls
>
>
> Hi
>
> I have a PIII 550 m/c running Win98. I need a personal firewall for 
> it. I am looking at Zone Alarm, Sygate and Tiny Personal Firewall as 
> my options.
>
> My intention is not only to protect my systems, but also to learn 
> something about logs and analysing them. In light of this, which do 
> you think would be ideal?
>
> No, I don't have a *nix system and don't intend to use it now.
>
>
> ----------
> Regards
> Sridhar J
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