Re: Sygate firewall alternatives

"<----- Which Way ----->" <traxless@xxxxxxx> wrote:
unfortunally Sygate consumer firewall products has been discontinued.
I'm still using it though.
Do you know its security design flaws?
I don't know it's securitydesing flaws. Could you like them for me?

Sygate opens ports on 0.0.0.0 itself. It makes the PC on which is running
vulnerable to the SelfDoS attack. And it installs a system service, which
opens windows. The latter is a bad security design flaw, which contravenes
against Microsoft's design guide for system services, and can be abused
for privilege elevation.

Sygate are showing this way, that they don't have a clue of designing
secure software for Windows.

Yours,
VB.
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My windows XP is updated for all critical updates including survive pack 2.
Norman Perry in c.s.f
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