Re: I need a decent firewall

From: gmv (NoEmail_at_ThisWay.123)
Date: 03/09/04 

Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 12:38:42 GMT

"Rheem" <rheem@fulboar.net> Typed in message news:MPG.1ab6c79346df1ac1989702@news.west.earthlink.net...
> In article <yWX2c.9$Fw.6238@news-west.eli.net>, NoEmail@ThisWay.123 says...
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have tried both McAfee and Zone Alarm
> > and neither will let me have the control I need.
> > They both seem to be trying to take control
> > away from me. I need a firewall that will
> > only do what I tell it to do.
> > If I tell it to disable I want it to be
> > like it never loaded in the first place
> > and I do not want it taking control of
> > my browser like Zone Alarm does.
> > I do not want a firewall that will touch base
> > with unknown destinations on the internet
> > everytime I fire up my firewall.
> > It is sort of like these firewall thingys
> > are some kind of spyware in themselves.
> > Does anyone know of a firewall that will simply
> > disable ports I do not want to use and
> > keep any program other than the one
> > I want to use from communicating.
> > Maybe one that will let me monitor in real time
> > the communications without making its own private
> > links to home base.
> > I do not want to turn control of my machine
> > over to a firewall that does its own automatic
> > communications over the internet when my computer connects.
> >
> > Please recommend a firewall that gives me the control.
> > A firewall that is only a stand alone firewall
> > and nothing more.
> >
> Try Sygate v5.5 Pro or free. You control all applications
> connecting to internet with Applications Rules (basic/advanced).
> With Advanced Rules you control ports, protocols, IP numbers
> and applications (if they are needed here too). It has excellent
> logging that is easy to read. Has stateful packet inspection.
> Has intruder detection system which has updateable signatures.
> I think it only phones home when you go for updates/signatures.
> Try it, you will like it. R
>
> Unofficial Help:
> http://bellsouthpwp.net/i/k/ikpe/SygateBasics.html
> (This site has two parts: Sygate Basics and Sygate Basics
> Part 2. Click on the button to toggle between the two)
>
> Sygate Forums:
> http://forums.sygate.com/vb/
>
> Users Guide and Quick Start Guide:
> http://smb.sygate.com/support/documents/pspf/default.htm
>
> Compare SPF Pro and SPF (See what's inside each one)
> http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf/comparison_spf.htm
>
> d/l
> http://soho.sygate.com/free/default.php
> http://www.tucows.com/preview/213160.html
>
>
>

Thanks for the tip.
It is interesting to note that if you
want to have a piece of spyware you simply
need to disguise it as some kind of
security software.
Why can't a firewall be made for a PC
that never needs to be updated since a
firewall does not depend upon any kind of
data files. It is a hardware and OS
dependent kind of thing. If I were microsoft and
I seriously had the computing publics welfare
in mind I would include a decent firewall
amongst other things as a normal part of the OS,
I would make something that could not be attacked
by any other means than a hand grenade or something
like it.
I will take a look at sygate if it is not too expensive
but I am really suspicious of any kind of security
software today really being security software
that is for my own security and not societies security.
You see, I consider my own society to be my single
worst enemy, That which is closest to me. 

-- 
       Sincerely,
          gmv
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