Which Software Firewall to Use?

Dec 06, 2004 6 Replies

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Duane Arnold

moomba wrote in news:7H1td.6788$Pw1.883345 You're going to have to do your own testing of the various solutions to determine which one fits your needs. No one can determine that for you but you. Duane :)

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Project: Desktop Security using a Managed Personal Firewall for 5000 users. Needs to address accidental association via wireless and provide the norm of what the personal firewall arena contributes. (Virus, Trojans, Malware, Spyware, etc..)



I know Zonealarm, Norton, and Sygate all provide managed solutions. Can anyone tell me which one is better or if another vendor I have not listed is better. Thanks.



Moomba



moomba wrote in news:7H1td.6788$Pw1.883345 @twister.southeast.rr.com:

You're going to have to do your own testing of the various solutions to determine which one fits your needs. No one can determine that for you but you.

Duane :)

Why not? We know that Symantec can address ssid for two or more location policies. If we can lock the client down so they cannot use a hot spot that is a good thing. They have a pre-configured access point at there home.

good point. I was just wondering if anyone had certain headaches with one vs. the other.

That is simply a totally useless idea. Forget about it, it will never work.

Wolfgang

I find Sygate to be an excellent firewall. Have had no problems with it in two years usage.

Here is the story on Sygate:

Unofficial Help:

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Sygate Forums:
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Users Guide and Quick Start Guide:
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Compare SPF Pro and SPF Free (See what's inside each one)
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d/l
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Sygate has excellent logging that lists all connections or attempted connections, in/out. There is an even better supplemental Sygate Low Viewer at:
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Casey

- They are all crap, snakeoil and therefore useless

- Often they do harm (since they are useless they don't do any good at all)

- A properly configured system doesn't need one of those placebos.

Wolfgang

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