Re: anyone recommend a good firewall ???

From: optikl (optikl.remove_at_comcast.net)
Date: 10/23/03 

Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 06:10:05 GMT

"Bart Bailey" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:3f98546f.1471972@bart.spawar.mil...
> In Message-ID:<3f974879.723052@bart.spawar.mil> posted on Wed, 22 Oct
> 2003 20:21:04 -0700, Bart Bailey wrote:
>
> >Will report results
>
> That did it.
> the DSL driver re-config
>
> Results look favorable so far,
> full stealth at grc,
> same at pcflank.
>
> I'm not dumping ZA just yet,
> but this might turn out to be a keeper.
> Initial learning curve isn't as steep as with some other FWs I've tried,
> seems fairly intuitive, the rules GUI is a lot like the old ATGuard, and
> I like the flexibility (more than ZA) of configuring each application.
> It also checks an md5 integrity hash of all applications as well as path
> so any rogue appz would have a double hurdle in order to get out.
> I think I like it.
> Wow, so soon I'm eating my words. ;-)
>
>
The only drawback I see with Kerio is that it doesn't do dll authentication
like Sygate does. However, if the likelihood of a Trojan infesting your
system is low, it's a pretty sporty application...also sponge has a lot of
pre-configured rules sets that make this thing tight.

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