Re: software firewall for W2K3 ???

From: Robert Moir (bofh_at_mvps.org)
Date: 10/26/03 

Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 13:38:33 -0000

Hartmut Franke wrote:
> can someone please suggest one or two reliable software
> firewalls that work with W2K3 (and are certified /
> supported under that peculiar OS).
>
> I've tried the following:
>
> tiny personal firewall - pain in the proverbial to use
> and configure, and unstable under W2K3
> kaspersky 4.5 - somewhat unreliable and peculiar in its
> configuration, not sure if supported under W2K3
> ZoneAlarm 4 - very user-friendly (!!) but totally
> unsupported and subsequently very unstable under W2k3
>
> I'm hoping there's something out there that's stable,
> safe and reliable (under W2KI3), and doesn't require the
> user to spend most of his/her time with constant re-
> configuration issues and restricted internet access.
>
> Please, all help would be much appreciated

What about the built in one?

These kinds of software firewalls are imho wholly inadequate for protecting
a server that is functioning as a server imho, therefore I can't and won't
reccomend one. 

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Rob Moir
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