Not whatever the case, it is not the poster's lack of understanding but
the trade rags, the people who write the reviews, good knowledgeable from
CoreCom who like to write fluffy reviews and not spend the time to
understand both the product and the particular market segment a software
application should really be in.
The level of configurability in any of the products mentioned require some
sort of understanding or knowledge of TCP/IP and what particular
applications are capable of doing. Well, that is all nice and dandy, but
I don't most users really want to read gobs of books on TCP/IP or
Whitepapers, they want to be protected from potentially bad people or
others who would like to be leapfrog from one end user machine to another
and then hack some Fortune 500, or SlashDot, have the authorities attempt
to trace the origination of the attack back and forth the US and other
countries.
The big picture is that end users whether knowledgeable or not, desire a
product that is "not only is it a floor wax but also a desert topping" (to
quote from another well-respected individual in the IDS and Firewalls
arena)
/mark
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Whatever, in any case I was commenting primarily on your lack of
understanding of the product and it's level of configurability.
eric.
On Fri, 02 June 2000, Jamy Klein wrote:
>
> A true firewall is available from www.tinysoftware.com it's called tiny
> firewall, and has configurable rules/filtering, port blocking, and
loggin.
> It's only $29.95. Macafee personal firewall formerly conseal private
desktop
> is only $39.95 and is also much better and a true firewall. Zonealarm is
> much better than blackice and it's free.
>
> So as for getting what you pay for, I disagree. Clearly, better products
are
> available for the same price point or free in the case of zonealarm.
>
> Jamy
>
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> You can block specific ports with Defender. As for being a true
firewall,
> no it isn't. But, for the money you get what you pay for.
>
> eric.
>
> On Fri, 02 June 2000, Jamy Klein wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Balck Ice defender is not a true firewall.. It's basically intrusion
> > detection.
> > You can't set access rules, or block specific ports with defender, all
the
> > other products listed are true port blockers at the least. In the case
of
> > Conseal firewall and winroute tey are even packet filters. Network
ice's
> > site even states that it is intrusin detection and not a true
firewall.
> >
> > Jamy
> >
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> >
> > BlackICE Defender is a much more evolved product, than most of them,
plus
> > their documentation even with errors is far superior over the other
> > products.
> >
> > The Radio Ads for MacAfee Personal Firewall sounds kindy of cheesy
> > though..
> >
> > You really want something that is simple enough for my cat to install
> >
> > /m
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> > If anyone is interested, here is a summary of the responses I received
> > after
> > requesting suggestions for Personal Firewalls:
> >
> > ZoneAlarm (3 recommendations) http://www.zonelabs.com/
> > McAfee Personal Firewall (Formerly "ConSeal Private Desktop") (3
> > recommendations) http://www.mcafee.com/
> > BlackICE Defender (2 recommendations) http://www.networkice.com/
> > WinRoute (1 recommendation) http://www.tinysoftware.com/
> > CyberwallPLUS (1 recommendation) http://www.network-1.com/
> > GNAT Box (1 recommendation) http://www.gnatbox.com/
> > ConSeal PC Firewall (1 recommendation) http://www.consealfirewall.com/
> >
> > For the record, I was also pointed to Gibson Research
> > (http://grc.com/default.htm) which has an online tool for testing how
> secure
> > your connection is, and describes a method for adding firewall-like
> > protection
> > to a Windows computer without actually installing a firewall; and I
was
> > reminded
> > that VPNs and "insecure nodes" are a dangerous combination -- with or
> > without
> > firewalls.
> >
> > Thanks again to everyone that responded!
> >
> > Brant
> >
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