Re: Personal Firewall

[Nathaniel Hall <lists () nathanhall net>]

I personally recommend Trend Micro.  I have had very good luck on my
systems.  It is a great firewall and antivirus product.

Nathan Hall

Lance.Druger () wellsfargo com wrote:

> After talking to support (and in some cases attempting to talk to
> support and failing) and finding out more about the features, I'm going
> to try the demo of f-secure.  I'll let you know how it goes, I may or
> may not get it in the end, (I'll let the list know) but this has been a
> worthwhile discussion. Thanks for all the input.
>
> http://www.f-secure.com/
>
> Lance Druger
> (925) 674-7314
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Flory Jeffrey D Ctr 59 MDSS/MSISI
> [mailto:Jeffrey.Flory2.ctr () LACKLAND AF MIL] 
> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 11:45 AM
> To: Lance.Druger () wellsfargo com; security-basics () securityfocus com;
> bhowmik.shah () gmail com
> Subject: RE: security-basics () securityfocus com
>
> Have you tried the one that comes with XP.  If not it works, but for a
> network wide firewall you might want to try sidewinder, this firewall
> works
> great.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lance.Druger () wellsfargo com [mailto:Lance.Druger () wellsfargo com] 
> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 5:51 PM
> To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: RE: security-basics () securityfocus com
>
>
>
> Most of these will work on both XP and 2003.  I've heard bad things
> about
> Blackice.
>
> Most of the firewall review sites are just plain bad.  One knocked
> Sygate
> for lacking functions they have.  Most of these test sites don't do any
> exhaustive tests.  They do a simple port test and base the review on
> "Features" it's a firewall, if I wanted a virus scanner I'd buy one, if
> I
> wanted anti-spyware I'd download it.  
>
> I want a real firewall that's been hardened and tested with actual
> security
> features like an IDS/IPS.
>
> Lance Druger
> (925) 674-7314
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bhowmik Shah [mailto:bhowmik.shah () gmail com] 
> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 3:36 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
>
>