A software firewall is going to stop everything coming in, and going out,
subject to what you tell it is good, or bad. The less you are able to
answer that question, and need to rely on the software to make the decision
about what is good, and what is bad, then the more likely you need to keep
the program updated.
More and more software is designed for end users who have no idea on how
basic computer operation works, and need something to decide how things
should be. Desktop search engines, media organizers, intelligent firewalls,
are all designed to make decisions for the end user, about how things are done.
I don't need desktop search engines or media organizers because, even on my
900 GB media box, I know exactly where everything is. And I feel
confident in telling the firewall what to let in and out. So in my case
the only advantage to updating my firewall would be for features and or bug
fixes.
At 02:30 PM 10/5/2005, you wrote:
Don't quote me on this, but I think the updates are primarily to protect
itself from newly discovered in/outside attacks, and, of course, some
ginger bread updates. the present editions should last for a long time
unless a hacker finds a way to completely circumvent them.
Jeff
From: "James Maki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: [H] bad news from Kerio
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From: jeff.lane
From: "James Maki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: [H] bad news from Kerio
I never warmed up to Zone
> Alarm and prefer Sygate.
>
> Jim Maki
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Me too. If Symantec starts screwing around with it, hopefully
way off in the
future, we had better save our old versions and hope they
work for the
foreseeable future.
Jeff
This is perhaps a stupid question (but I was always taught that the only
stupid question was the one not asked :), but does a firewall need constant
updating like anti-virus software? My gut says no, but looking for some
feedback on the issue. If no, then the current version of Sygate should
continue to work (even if Symantec "fixes" it), right? Might be some
problems on new installs because I think I remember that it "phones home"
during the installation/initialization phase.
Jim Maki
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