sygate or ZoneAlarm

The same s*it, even worse. Just use the Windows-Firewall.

The better? None of them. The less worse one is Zone Alarm, because Sygate even installs system services, which are opening windows. This is a security breach, and shows, that Sygate don't have a clue of Windows system programming.

Zone Labs' people don't understand data security at all either. They proof this by offering a function, which filters away PINs out of transmitted data.

It is possible to abuse this for finding out the data, which should be protected by this function. So Zone Alarm publicizes here, what it should protect.

People who don't understand data security concepts at all should not produce security products IMHO.

Yours, VB.

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.

Ok, thats a fair enough answere. So in your opinion as a firewall what would you use. BTW I am running XP Pro with all updates.

For Windows XP? The Windows-Firewall.

Yours, VB.

What would you use on a Windows 98 that has essentially no services (except kernel32.dll)? Sygate? Casey

Kerio 2.5.1

No firewall needed. Just unbind anything on the outside interface except TCP/IP.

Yours, VB.