Re: what's the best

From: Duane Arnold (darnold92@Insightbb.com)
Date: 04/05/02 

From: "Duane Arnold" <darnold92@Insightbb.com>
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 02:35:24 GMT

The latest version of BlackIce Defender is 3.5 and it does block phone home
attempts and a lot more. And I will say this, if you have ever been an
network administrator, then you would certainly KNOW about BlackIce. There
is none better.

"Spaz" <cyad00d@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Yz6r8.12814$%3.882659@news1.calgary.shaw.ca...
> Okay, I had a bit of time on my hand and decided to check out the most
> used personal firewalls out there.
>
> -Kerio 2.1.3
> -ZAP 3.0.118 (ICSA Certified)
> -Outpost 1.015
> -NIS 2002 (ICSA Certified)
> -BlackIce 2.5
> -Sygate Pro 5.0.956 (ICSA Certified)
>
> I didn't try TPF because from what I understand Kerio 2.x is the same if
> not
> an improved version of TPF though it doesn't get the ICSA Certification..
> curious
>
> My top three choices are Kerio, Outpost and ZAP (yes, ZAP, I never had any
> problems with the latest version)
>
> Kerio
> PRO: Very easy to customize your rule set to allow prog to any access
> certain ports (best of them all if you ask me in terms of rules set-up)
> Remote admin if you ever
> need it. Loads up fast
> CON: Seems to use up more resources than the new version of ZAP and
Outpost.
> No extras such as email, cookies and banner filtering. If you set a
> password, don't use it till you're done setting your rule set because
every
> time something changes, it asks for the password. It should remember that
> you logged on for the session (Unless it's a security feature)
>
> ZAP
> PRO: Easy to use, has the extras. Latest version seems to be stable after
> 12 hours and a few re-boots.
> CON: If you allow an app to go through, you have to go to it and modify it
> to only accept certain ports (rather annoying). Slow to start and
shut-down.
> From what I've read, bad customer support but on the other hand, I don't
> know what the other companies are like with their support
>
> Outpost
> PRO: Like the presets for applications, has extras such as mail filtering,
> cookie, DNS etc.Good helpful forum.
> CON: Not as easy to configure rules. Didn't like all the presets and had
to
> re-configure some of them. Most plug-ins (ie: extra's) need some more work
> eg: Cookie control doesn't stop 3rd party cookie. Pop-ups still show even
if
> turned off.
>
> NIS
> PRO: Complete package, good for novices
> CONS: It's HUGE and runs slow on my little P200 win98
> Not sure if it's easy to configure or how much you can do with it as I
> lost patience with this one. I did notice that it comes with pre-sets for
> apps and that some of these presets allow for banners ads to work on
> specific sites (I guess you can always delete them)
>
> BlackIce
> PRO: Shows you hack attempts very well
> CON: In my opinion, not great by itself as it doesn't block apps to access
> the net (phone-home). No
> extra's. I didn't find it too easy (intuitive) to configure
>
> Sygate Pro
> PRO: I like the stealth mode surfing, anti-MAC and anti-IP spoofing. I
> haven't seen these options on the other firewalls.
> CONS: Not easy to configure port access or easy to use. No extra's
>
> There we have it
> -TJ
>
>
> "Wolfgang Kueter" <wolfgang@shconnect.de> wrote in message
> news:a8dbil$cp5$1@news.shlink.de...
> > kevin wrote:
> >
> > > I'm searching for a good firewall for a homepc, you have black ice,
> > > zonealarm,tinysecurity.... but what's the better one of them, and are
> > > they secure??
> >
> > Use
> >
> > http://www.knipex.de/katalog/kabel/kabel11.htm
> >
> > and you are completely secure.
> >
> > Wolfgang
> > --
> > A foreign body and a foreign mind,
> > never welcome in the land of the blind.
> > Peter Gabriel, Not one of us, 1980
>
>

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