Kerio 2.5.1 and XP Pro??

It's for my wife's machine. I don't want to fool around even though I could make a "restore" point before installing. I'd rather hear from someone who has tried the combination.

Zone Alarm freebie works for a while but then starts going goofy.

Thanks anyway for answering.

I'll tell ya, this security stuff is a real pain in the butt.

Any firewall recommendations for XP Pro?

Thanks for answering.

I should have mentioned she is using Firefox.

I think sygate is only for IE.

snipped-for-privacy@invalid.com wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

Some say it does, some say no. Try it.

snipped-for-privacy@invalid.com pounded out on the keyboard on or about 20-Dec-04 12:00:

Why don't you down load the 4.1.2 version of Kerio. Works just fine in XP Pro.

It installs and runs ok, but lets through any packets with the fragment bit set. Use something else.

HiS

Try free Sygate v5.6 build 2808

That's putting it nicely... :)

Yeah, an external firewall. Get an old PC and run

on it or splash out on a commercial solution. Better still, reformat the hard drive and install Linux. Crossover will allow you to run your Microsoft apps etc and Firfox runs just fine:-)

I think you will find that the firewall requirements are independent of browser type. I run Opera and Firefox browsers and Sygate works just fine with them.

Not really. Maybe a router, with a software firewall for outbound if you feel the need. Or Astaro/Smoothwall on an old machine if you have one.

I've heard that Sygate has loopback problems.

Cheers.

HiS

Jeff Lord wrote in news:EZydnb736ILCzlrcRVn- snipped-for-privacy@adelphia.com:

Maybe because it's a buggy piece of crap?

snipped-for-privacy@no.spam.net wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

I'm using Sygate and it only wants IE to be present at install. Runs just fine afterward even with IE gone.

Really?!? Been running it for two straight months now and not one issue with it at all. Far better app then any of the others that I've tried. But to each his own. And since pdc is familiar with Kerio, wouldn't it make sense to stick with something he's know? Yes, it would.

Why use a firewall with holes in it when you could use one of any number of them without holes?

In message , Hassan I Sahba writes

I found one other problem, it obstructs the PC going into Hibernate, if that matters to you.

The fragmentation vulnerability is a serious issue, but that said the software is otherwise good, lite, simple & very widely used.

Regards

Hallo snipped-for-privacy@invalid.com, u ask:

May be, but look later.

Why?

Try to configure the PC for your woman restrictive enough:

gives you help for:

Shutdown unneeded services, Configure your und your woman's account as a simple (not power) user, Use firefox as your browser, As a facultative part you can activate the built-in firewall of XP.

HTH Wolfgang

Dave English wrote in news:UA2menEN0+ snipped-for-privacy@thus.net:

That's the best feature of it. Hibernate is something that should be taken out and shot at sunrise.

AFAIK, there is not one documented case of this "serious issue" being exploited in the wild. I did dump Kerio for Sygate, but thinking of going back to it, since I'm never really sure what Sygate is or is not doing.

I use it and the XP firewall at the same time. Kerio watches outbound and XP makes up for the Kerio defects inbound.