Re: Is there a free version of BlackIce?

From: nameless (namelyouress@myrealbclothesox.com)
Date: 02/14/03 

From: "nameless" <namelyouress@myrealbclothesox.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 04:33:08 GMT

NeoSadist wrote:

> "Jason Hood" <jasonhood@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> "Duane Arnold" <notme@notme.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Are there any other free firewalls other than ZA or Kario that are
>>>> worth recommending to customers.
>>>
>>> That I would recommend --- Nope!
>>
>> What about Sygate personal firewall.... how do you rate that?
>
> Blah blah blah rant rant rant x firewall y firewall z firewall.
> This is so dumb. Opinions are nice, but let's stop using them as
> some sort of "proof" to bash each other with. I tested virtually all
> the free ones, and the results at several test pages were identical.
> The only real factor anymore is stability and footprint (load on
> operating system).

Really? So stateful packet inspection (which ZoneAlarm lacks) is
totally irrelevant? And the "test pages" really do test everything?
And all firewalls handle outbound packets and application permissions
exactly the same? 

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