Re: Why choose Kerio instead of ZA?

From: Lisa (noreply_at_noreply.com)
Date: 02/21/04 

Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 12:38:37 -0500

On 2/21/2004 5:35 AM, violetileous wrote:
> Lisa <noreply@noreply.com> wrote in message news:<c13gbd$9cjb$1@netnews.upenn.edu>...
>
>>On 2/19/2004 5:23 PM, violetileous wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>>>The only way for me to run "Windows Update" in a virus-secure way has
>>>been to uninstall Kerio and reinstall ZoneAlarm.
>>
>>can you be more specific? i'm not sure what you mean by this.
>
>
> Once my computer was infected, Kerio wasn't able to block Blaster from
> reinitializing my computer (even if I manually blocked the Blaster
> executables), while Zonealarm automatically warned me that such
> executables belonged to Blaster, automatically blocked them from
> accessing the internet, and prevented my infected machine from
> reinitailizing. Anyway, I don't know why Kerio failed, since I
> manually blocked the executables.
>
> Because of this, ZoneAlarm allowed me to fix my computer while I was
> connected to Internet, while Kerio didn't.

Hrmm. That's odd. Kerio4 does have program-blocking capabilities. Though
I never really used them. Maybe there's more to ZA than just firewalling
that I don't know about.

>>>Is there any objective reason for thinking that Kerio is better than
>>>ZoneAlarm?
>>
>>my guess is that you tried kerio v4.
>
>
> Yep. I plan to pay for the firewall once I feel happy with it. I think
> it makes no sense to buy older versions, because the vendor won't be
> updating them for new OS releases or new threats.
>
> If I buy a firewall, I must be happy with the way the latest versions
> are being developed. Otherwise, I'll be paying for a product with no
> future.

Well, unfortunately a lot of people on the newsgroups I've been on much
prefer 2.1.5 to 4. It's more intuitive for an "advanced" user, it allows
you more direct control, etc. It does *not* have program execution
blocking ability, but then I don't mind that because all I want it to do
is be an internet connection firewall. Sounds like you know what
firewall is best for you.

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