Re: Norton firewall 2004 annoying "feature"
From: Eric (eric_at_noemail.invalid)
Date: 10/22/03
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Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 02:30:41 +0000 (UTC)
sponge wrote in
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> I have to second the comments that Norton's is a POS, for a
> lot of reasons, some of which extend well beyond the
> firewall product itself. I'm currently not recommending ANY
> Symantec products -- and I've been using and recommending
> Norton's since they first came out, back in the Paleolithic
> Era. FWIW, McAfee firewall isn't any better either. If you
> don't mind adding in several individual components, you are
> probably best off following the advice on my page or
> elsewhere, using Kerio 2.1.5 or Sygate, HOSTS/DNSKong,
> etc., which are all free. If you want a simple, single,
> out-of-the-box solution to do the standard, end-user stuff,
> Outpost, or even ZA Pro are both pretty good, and the price
> isn't that bad. Just bear in mind that neither a firewall
> nor any other security product is a panacea, and you still
> have to take other security measures and, most of all, be
> smart.
Thanks. It seems like Kerio is what I need. It resembles AtGuard
and Tiny a lot, which it great. Goodbye, Norton.
Eric
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