My personal favorite was the older versions of Tiny Personal Firewall, though they did have the major flaw of popping up stuff when the computer was locked thus I stopped using it. They fixed it, but the revamped interface they put out a couple years ago wasn't to my liking. What do you think of the current Tiny compared to ZA?
-sb On 1/17/06, Steven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am looking at supplementing the Windows XP (Pro) SP2 Firewall with a third > party product on a bunch of Windows machines. I am trying to determine what > product to go with and wanted to solicit some opinions from this mailing > list. The four that I really come across and have used in some cases are > ZoneAlarm, Sygate, Norton, Kerio, and Tiny. My understanding is that Norton > has actually acquired Sygate and that the Sygate Personal Firewall probably > wouldn't be the best choice of these now. With that in mind I am looking > for a product that easy to setup, easy to use, works well, and does not take > up too much in terms of system resources or harddrive space ( I also don't > want it to add 20 minutes to the boot process either). > > I am not looking for e-mail protection, anitivrus, or any other non-firewall > type services to be included. I do however want it to be able to manage > applications and their internet usage. (i.e. if they install something new > that tries to access the web (trojans included) they will get a popup > telling them something is doing this). > > Any suggestions and opinions on the above products and any others that I > might not have mentioned are welcomed. > > Also -- on top of this if someone knows of software/hardware that can scan > these machines and verify whether or not both the SP2 FW and/or the 3rd part > FW -- and perhaps prevent them network access if they are not running -- > please let me know. [I am not sure what security products have these > capabilities] > > Thanks > > Steven > > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ > _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
