Re: looking for a firewall
From: Charles Newman (charlesnewman1_at_comcast.nospam.net)
Date: 09/08/05
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Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 15:47:53 -0700
"Leythos" <void@nowhere.lan> wrote in message
news:MPG.1d850e7a198741ca989e8e@news-server.columbus.rr.com...
> 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.
Also, with a Windows-based server, you can filter
Usenet traffic that your users see, using a freeware
program known as NewsProxy. This program will
let you filter out Usenet articles, based on certain
criteria. This program sits between your network,
and your news server, and intercepts articles based
on certain criteria. What happens is that as articles
come in from the news server, they are checked
against criteria in the nfilter.dat file. If it meets
criteria for deletion, it intercepts that article,
and does not pass it to the user. NewsProxy
also keeps a log of what articles were intercepted
and deleted as they came into the network from
the news server. If you allow any kind of usenet
on your network, you NEED this program, to
control what articles are available. For example,
if somoene were to try and download anything
from the alt.sex hierarchy, they would see no
articles, as NewsProxy would intercept and delete
every article that came in from the server from that group .
This can be used for any newsgroup you dont want
on your network. NewsProxy can also be
configured to delete articles from known spammers,
trollers, and the like. Since Outlook Express, and
other modern newsreaders dont have killfiles,
NewsProxy can be quite a handy program to
put on your network. This freeware program is
just simply the BEST tool for managing Usenet,
on your network.
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