RE: Software Firewalls

From: Gary K. Fulford (gfulford_at_theemmanuelgroup.com)
Date: 09/27/05

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    To: "'Bhowmik Shah'" <bhowmik.shah@gmail.com>, <security-basics@securityfocus.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 13:25:15 -0400

    Hello All,

    If I may, as a partner with most major virus and protection companies; I
    have found that F-Secure offer a very functional and robust firewall. Of
    course, if you looking for a real robust software program then I would say
    that Norton is the one. However, functionality is not very good.

    Gary K. Fulford, President
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    -----Original Message-----
    From: Bhowmik Shah [mailto:bhowmik.shah@gmail.com]
    Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 6:36 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 

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