Re: Firewall and Win2k

From: Scott (w1sh3@bellsouth.net)
Date: 11/18/02 

From: "Scott" <w1sh3@bellsouth.net>
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 07:36:02 -0800

Agnitum Outpost does a great job blocking DoS attacks.
It's also free (the personal edition) and is a totally
clean, professional program.
Go to agnitum.com and check it out !

>-----Original Message-----
>
>"Lukasz Misiukanis" <lukasz_misiukanis@synerway.pl> wrote
in message
>news:4138-1037394607@213.17.228.10...
>> Hello,
>>
>> has anybody heard about good firewall for Win2k (
personal ed. ) ?
>> I'm using Tiny Firewall, but AFAIK it doesn't protect
from DOS attactks.
>
>There are a lot of good firewalls for Win2000, but I"m
not sure which if any
>of them protect against DoS. Most of the personal
firewalls out there are
>probably going to choke if a ton of traffic is sent to
it, maybe even faster
>than a PC without firewall software.
>
>If you desire DoS protection, you may need to upgrade to
a medium-level
>hardware device [or look for a linux firewall on an old
486 PC that has
>these capabilities]. However, DoS attacks against your
typical home user is
>I think extremely rare, so I wouldn't necessarily worry
about it. Most home
>users don't. Far more common attacks against home users
are those that
>include remote control of the computer to add FTP
services, deface web
>pages, snoop files, sniff passwords, etc. and your
average firewall should
>give you enough protection against these.
>
>www.sygate.com is free, so is www.agnitum.com and
www.zonealarm.com Other
>firewall options including linux firewalls that run from
boot CDs are listed
>at:
>
>http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#firewall
>http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#harden
>
>
>.
>

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