Which Software Firewall to Use?

Dec 06, 2004 6 Replies
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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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