Re: Zone Alarm

[Michael Reilly <michaelr () cisco com>]

I agree.  Use a router or a Unix/Linux box as a firewall if possible.

If you want/need to run firewall SW on your PC then I'd put zone alarm about 3rd or 4th on the list of good ones to 
use.  It has a number of problems with various applications, causing those applications to mis-behave (sometimes 
crash).  For this reason I've "upgraded" to another SW firewall on those machines which need to run their own firewall. 
 (I am not the only one having this problem with Zone Alarm - others in my group have also encounter problems and 
switched).

michael
On Wed, 4 Jun 2003 12:52:02 -0500
"Schmehl, Paul L" <pauls () utdallas edu> wrote:

> 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/ 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Tyson-Norrman [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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