Re: Personal Firewall

From: Nathaniel Hall (lists_at_nathanhall.net)
Date: 09/29/05

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To: Lance.Druger@wellsfargo.com

    I personally recommend Trend Micro. I have had very good luck on my
    systems. It is a great firewall and antivirus product.

    Nathan Hall

    Lance.Druger@wellsfargo.com wrote:

    >After talking to support (and in some cases attempting to talk to
    >support and failing) and finding out more about the features, I'm going
    >to try the demo of f-secure. I'll let you know how it goes, I may or
    >may not get it in the end, (I'll let the list know) but this has been a
    >worthwhile discussion. Thanks for all the input.
    >
    >http://www.f-secure.com/
    >
    >Lance Druger
    >(925) 674-7314
    >
    >
    >-----Original Message-----
    >From: Flory Jeffrey D Ctr 59 MDSS/MSISI
    >[mailto:Jeffrey.Flory2.ctr@LACKLAND.AF.MIL]
    >Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 11:45 AM
    >To: Lance.Druger@wellsfargo.com; security-basics@securityfocus.com;
    >bhowmik.shah@gmail.com
    >Subject: RE: security-basics@securityfocus.com
    >
    >Have you tried the one that comes with XP. If not it works, but for a
    >network wide firewall you might want to try sidewinder, this firewall
    >works
    >great.
    >
    >-----Original Message-----
    >From: Lance.Druger@wellsfargo.com [mailto:Lance.Druger@wellsfargo.com]
    >Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 5:51 PM
    >To: security-basics@securityfocus.com
    >Subject: RE: security-basics@securityfocus.com
    >
    >
    >
    >Most of these will work on both XP and 2003. I've heard bad things
    >about
    >Blackice.
    >
    >Most of the firewall review sites are just plain bad. One knocked
    >Sygate
    >for lacking functions they have. Most of these test sites don't do any
    >exhaustive tests. They do a simple port test and base the review on
    >"Features" it's a firewall, if I wanted a virus scanner I'd buy one, if
    >I
    >wanted anti-spyware I'd download it.
    >
    >I want a real firewall that's been hardened and tested with actual
    >security
    >features like an IDS/IPS.
    >
    >Lance Druger
    >(925) 674-7314
    >
    >
    >-----Original Message-----
    >From: Bhowmik Shah [mailto:bhowmik.shah@gmail.com]
    >Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 3:36 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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