Re: looking for a firewall

From: Leythos (void_at_nowhere.lan)
Date: 09/04/05 

Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2005 19:00:59 GMT

In article <o7mdnULx4YRSrobeRVn-3g@comcast.com>, charlesnewman1
@comcast.spam-be-gon.net says...
>
> "Volker Birk" <bumens@dingens.org> wrote in message
> news:431adda7@news.uni-ulm.de...
> > Charles Newman <charlesnewman1@comcast.spam-be-gon.net> wrote:
> > > > wondering which firewalls are compatible with windows xp home sp2
> > > There is only one answer, Tiny. While it is no longer
> > > free, and costs $99 for the latest version, Tiny can
> > > do a lot more than other software firewalls.
> >
> > Well, reciting <43193c98@news.uni-ulm.de>
> >
> > Tiny "Personal Firewall" does not filter all network servers in the
> > standard configuration. This makes Tiny unusable for Joe Average.
> >
> > Tiny cannot prevent spyware from sending your personal information
> > across the Internet; it failed in our tests together with the rest of the
> > "Personal Firewalls".
> >
> > Tiny does not make a PC "invisible" or "stealth" in the Internet, as
> > this is not possible at all.
> >
> > And:
> >
> > Tiny "Personal Firewall" installs SYSTEM-Services, which open
> > windows.
> >
> > This is a gross error, because this breaches security. Tiny show here,
> > that they never read Microsoft's design guidlines for system services:
> >
> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/libr ary/en-us/dllproc/base/interac tive_serv...
> >
> > For a software, which should enhance security, this design flow means the
> > declaration of bankruptcy.
> >
> > Yours,
> > VB.
> > --
> > "Es kann nicht sein, dass die Frustrierten in Rom bestimmen, was in
> > deutschen Schlafzimmern passiert".
> > Harald Schmidt zum "Weltjugendtag"
>
> Tiny is the only software firewall, however, that
> can block and/or restrict outbound communications.
> The only other solution would be to buy a hardware
> appliance that would be several times the cost of
> Tiny, and would not be as flexible or customizable
> as Tiny

ZoneAlarm can do the same and it's easier for novices to understand. 

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