AW: Zone Alarm

["Michael Linke" <ml () intract org>]

My statement was not that HW firewall are useless and that everyone should
switch from HW Firewalls to SW Firewalls. Of course HW Firewalls are a
strong protection for any corporate network. In our Network we also have a
HW Firewall and the Internet Server is protected with a iptables fw. 

So we don't use Zone alarm there.

 

But for home users it is nice protection. No home user would set up a hw
Firewall unless he has for example a DSL Router. 

Home users try out shareware and adware stuff. And using a software firewall
a home user can deny for example adware software to download banner from the
internet or upload any private data to the vendor server. 

 

 

Regards,

 

 

 

intract - any business anywhere
Michael Linke
Netzwerkadministrator
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Germany
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webside:    <http://www.intract.org/> http://www.intract.org

 

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Von: full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com
[mailto:full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com] Im Auftrag von Ben
Tyson-Norrman
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 5. Juni 2003 10:59
An: 'Schmehl, Paul L'; Ben Tyson-Norrman; full-disclosure () lists netsys com

 

What's worse is not only did I forget to switch to plain text - but out
stupid mail server sticks some marketing junk on the end as well....

Like anyone on this list would go to MIP anyway :-) 

-----Original Message----- 
From: Schmehl, Paul L [ <mailto:pauls () utdallas edu>
mailto:pauls () utdallas edu] 
Sent: 04 June 2003 18:52 
To: Ben Tyson-Norrman; full-disclosure () lists netsys com 
Subject: RE: [Full-disclosure] Zone Alarm 

 

I'm not sure why you'd expect derision for that question.  I'd be more 
likely to give it to you for using HTML email. :-) 

Zone Alarm is fine for a home user on the Internet.  It's certainly 
better than putting an unprotected Windows box out there.  I'd 
personally prefer a DSL router or a *nix box running a "real" firewall, 
but ZA is fine for most people. 

Who's the "everyone" who say that ZA is crap? 

Paul Schmehl (pauls () utdallas edu) 
Adjunct Information Security Officer 
The University of Texas at Dallas 
AVIEN Founding Member 
 <http://www.utdallas.edu/~pauls/> http://www.utdallas.edu/~pauls/ 
-----Original Message----- 
From: Ben Tyson-Norrman [ <mailto:ben () twowaytv co uk>
mailto:ben () twowaytv co uk] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 9:53 AM 
To: full-disclosure () lists netsys com 
Subject: [Full-disclosure] Zone Alarm 

 

I'm not sure I can ask this question without derision, but here goes... 
Zone Alarm, is it really as crap as everyone makes out.... or is the 
usual posturing by ill-informed...? 

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