Re: Norton Personal Firewall - how does it stack up?

From: Dominick Battaglia (domageddon@attbi.com)
Date: 05/24/02 

From: "Dominick Battaglia" <domageddon@attbi.com>
Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 01:55:25 GMT

I've used NPF since version 2.0.

I find that the latest version occasionally crippled my broadband connection
after about 5-8 days of continuous use. The ad blocking feature is nice.
Anymore, I only use NAV, XP's built in firewall. I lock down IE by
restricting cookies and scripts. No problems. I'm not worried about
'outgoing' stuff. I know what's running on my system at all times.

Norton (and other firewalls) try to make you think they are saving you from
malicious attacks. In reality they are alerting you to mere port scans.
(like when it says 'Subseven Trojan Blocked'. This is only a scan that
LOOKS for the Subseven trojan on your computer. If you don't have that
particular Trojan on your computer...the port scan from the 'remote address'
will not put it there. Even if it did, or tried to, you UP TO DATE
antivirus software should detect and alert you to it.

Remember, a firewall and antivirus software will not prevent you from doing
things you shouldn't.

Dom

"NeuTekniqx" <neutekniqx@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20020518225820.09540.00000702@mb-ch.aol.com...
> Hello again,
>
> I have gotten some good comments about Linksys hardware routers and their
> firewalls, what about Norton Personal Firewall 2002?
>
> I have heard Norton sucks up resources and slows down your box, but how is
it
> as far as security goes? I'm hoping for something a bit more technical
than
> "Norton sucks, get ZoneAlarm!" :-)
>
> I had heard once you could Trojan it by turning on its automated
application
> configuration feature. Then one could simply replace an application that
had
> no networking constraints. Is this still so?
>
> Any known stack overflows with 2002 or past versions?
>
> What kinds of attacks does Norton not protect against?
>
> Feel free to e-mail me or post back
> Thanks!
> NeuTekniqx@aol.com

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