Re: Zone Alarm Uninstall Problems

From: Tom McCune (tom_at_DELETE_THISmccune.cc)
Date: 03/16/04 

Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 03:17:27 GMT

Bart Bailey <me2@privacy.net> wrote in news:405824c2.6804870
@bart.spawar.mil:

> How do the respective FWs perform at PCFlank?
> http://www.pcflank.com/scanner1s.htm
> Latest isn't always greatest, and quite often is just more potentially
> system crashing bloat for the sales dept to hype.

This evening, I disconnected my router and connected directly to the cable
modem for testing of the EZ Firewall. I ran all available tests at Shields
Up, PC Flank, Symantec, Hackerwatch, and Sygate. The only results that
were not completely Stealth were on the PC Flank Advanced Port Scanner
Settings (TCP Connect Standard), where ports 135, 137, 138, and 139 were
Closed. Even now that I am back behind my router, those ports are still
listed as Closed - I'm surprised they are not Stealth. So, the EZ Firewall
test results look pretty good. 

-- 
Tom McCune
My PGP Page & FAQ: http://www.McCune.cc/PGP.htm

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