Re: Need Firewall Recommendation

From: ozzy (phantomshroom.remove_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/06/03 

Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2003 10:40:34 GMT

"Jay" <jay@jay.com> wrote in message
news:glgilvg8uqli2v4oedtlmsa82nq491lsev@4ax.com...
> Hello everybody,
>
> I'm currently using Norton Internet Security for a firewall but I want a
> recommendation for an alternative.
>
> Here's why: I no longer want to use Symantec's products due to their move
to
> "product authorization" and "limited activations". I'm not going to
hassle with
> them like I did MS with authorizing XP. No, too much BS. (I have legal
copies of
> NIS and NAV, before anybody asks, and have been buying them since they
> murdered^H^H^H^H^H^H consumed AtGuard.)
>
> I need a firewall that does the one thing that NIS does: allow me to
filter
> outgoing connections on a per-application basis --- to stop certain
software
> packages from phoning home or otherwise. For example, I need the ability
to let
> Eudora connect to my mail server, but no other servers (to stop ads, web
bugs,
> etc). I need to know what app is making an outgoing connection, to what
server,
> and be able to build rules to allow or block.
>
> Are there any other firewalls that can do this?
>
> I paid for NIS2003 a couple months ago and don't like it as well as
NIS2002, and
> with this product authorization going in to effect, I no longer wish to
> patronize Symantec.
>
> (any recommendations on antivirus products? I'm thinking about Trend
Micro's
> PC-Cillan to replace NAV)
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Jay

I am NOT surprised with your desire to rid your self of Symantec products.
Especially NAV. There has been a very detailed thread going on in NANAE
reference PROOF that Symantec is sending out viruses. You may want to read
up on it. I have the initial thread here:
http://groups.google.ca/groups?q=symantec+group:news.admin.net-abuse.email&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&group=news.admin.net-abuse.email&selm=Xns93EC872FB8024MorelyDotesspamblock%40216.99.211.247&rnum=7

I have heard all good reports from others on AVG, Avast, F-Secure, F-Prot &
NOD32 for AV products.

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