Re: Zone Alarm

[Jason <security () brvenik com>]

Unfortunately the $40 'hardware' devices are not either.

Please reference the excellent work by Core
http://www1.corest.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=276&idxseccion=10

and the _much_ more expensive 'hardware' devices are just as prone

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/pix-multiple-vuln-pub.shtml
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/pixfirewall-authen-flood-pub.shtml
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/PIXfirewallSMTPfilter-regression-pub.shtml
...
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/advisory.html

For a personal solution Zone Alarm is quite possibly more adequate and 
appropriate.

morning_wood wrote:

> Zone Alarmbuy a $40 hardware router. Software firewalls are not a security solution IMHO.
>
> morning_wood
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>  Subject: [Full-disclosure] Zone Alarm
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>  I'm not sure I can ask this question without derision, but here goes... 
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>  Zone Alarm, is it really as crap as everyone makes out.... or is the usual posturing by ill-informed...? 
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>  Many thanks all 
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