RE: Personal Firewalls

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From: "Wild Weasel" <weasel_wild@hotmail.com>
To: nazgul@csn.ul.ie, craig.searle@sift.com.au
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 16:52:40 +0000

ZoneAlarm is a good firewall, but has a few vulnerabilities. Recently while
attending a firewall course I was introduced to another product: OUTPOST
from Agnitum, I suggest its worth considering, its free unless you want to
upgrade to PRO. If you would like to go more in-depth on logs how about
SNORT.
All the best: Wild

>From: Rory <nazgul@csn.ul.ie>
>To: Craig Searle <craig.searle@sift.com.au>
>CC: 'Sridhar J'
><sridhar.jayaraman@wipro.com>,security-basics@securityfocus.com
>Subject: RE: Personal Firewalls
>Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 17:25:18 +0100 (IST)
>
>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
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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
> > ----------
> > "What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence;The question
>is,
> > what can you make people believe that you have done." --Sherlock Holmes
>in
> > "A Study in Scarlet"
> >
> >
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