BlackIce Defender sort of works on Windows 2000. It will alert you about things going on. Its firewall features don't work in Windows 2000 yet, though; the promised new version is supposed to fix this. Another personal firewall that's getting some press is ZoneAlarm from Zone Labs. They've just released version 2.0. It does work properly on Windows 2000. Have you seen Steve Gibson's ShieldsUp? It's become quite the rage lately. On his web site (http://grc.com) he's got a link that will probe your PC for vulnerabilities. Surprisingly thorough, it's an excellent way to test how well your newly-installed personal firewall is working. But the accompanying text describing what's going on can get a litte, well, annoying at times. I've always had high respect for Gibson; the ShieldsUp site's wording can be a bit frightening if you're unaware of what the site is probing for. ___________________________________________________________ Steve Riley Microsoft Telecommunications Consulting in Denver, Colorado e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] call/page: +1 303 521-4129 (cellular) SMS: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (100 characters) For MS Internet info see http://www.microsoft.com/isn/ Applying computer technology is simply finding the right wrench to pound in the correct screw. -----Original Message----- From: Ric Messier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 4:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Personal firewall/IDS for Win2K Anyone know of a good personal firewall/IDS that will work with Win2K? The older (non-Norton) version of AtGuard doesn't work with it. The newer one says it doesn't work under NT at all (I hate Norton/Symantec). BlackIce says they don't work under Win2K but they will have one soon that will. I never trust 'real soon now' statements. I know I'm getting scanned at home because I have AtGuard running on a Windows 98 box on the same segment and I'm seeing scans there. Nothing serious yet but I know they are coming and I'd like to be as protected as I can be. I had thought of using my mail/web server (minimal traffic on my personal domain) as a firewall box but I've become rather taken with the functionality and reporting of the personal firewalls (specifically AtGuard). Any thoughts would be most welcome. Ric - [To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe firewalls" in the body of the message.]
