Re: Agnitum Outpost

From: Art Kopp (artnpeg@claymania.com)
Date: 03/05/03


From: Art Kopp <artnpeg@claymania.com>
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 00:03:46 GMT

On Tue, 04 Mar 2003 23:21:37 +0000, Alastair Smeaton
<smeaton@dsl.pipex.com> wrote:

>On Sun, 02 Mar 2003 15:46:59 GMT, Art Kopp <artnpeg@claymania.com>
>wrote:
>
>
>>I also have homed in on the free version of Outlook (for the time
>>being) after also evaluating the free versions of ZA, Sygate and
>>Kerio. One requirement I demanded is that the product must handle the
>>Exploits test at PC Flank without being phased. Without a firewall, my
>>Win 98 original blue screens on the KOD exploit. Kerio flunks this
>>test so it was eliminated.
>
>just tried Kerio 2.4 on win XP - passed exploits test no bother. Maybe
>read this group and use Sponges freely downloadable firewall rules ?

Nope. Try the exploits test without a firewall. XP may pass anyway :)
You see, you haven't run a test of your firewall at all until you do
that. It's senseless to say XYZ "protects me" since "XYZ" may have
nothing whatsoever to do with it :)

Art
http://www.epix.net/~artnpeg
artnpeg@claymania.com



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