Re: sygate or ZoneAlarm

From: bumtracks (lost_at_disney.lan)
Date: 11/20/05 

Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 19:12:31 GMT

Recommend ZoneLabs, and you become a neverending helpdesk.
Recommend Sygate, and you're done.

firewall's only job is supposed to be opening and closing the right ports
and aiming those ports back at the right computeror application that asked a
question to begin with.. or something like that. Too many firewalls are
trying to do too much and users are killing their own security because they
dont have a clue when they start configuring things.

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