On 1/22/08, Angus Scott-Fleming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 22 Jan 2008 at 18:03, Kurt Buff wrote: > > > http://force.coresecurity.com > > > > Free, based on OpenBSD's PF. > > Very interesting looking project, but it appears to be mostly dead, or at > least > moribund: > > ------- Included Stuff Follows ------- > CORE FORCE - Is CF dead? > Posted : Nov 05, 2007 12:45:45 AM > Subject : Is CF dead? > > Hello, sorry for not addressing this question in due time. > > As of today, there hasn't been active development of Core Force for a > while. In fact, the original team of the project is currently fully > dedicated to other projects (and has been for several months) hence the > limited "official" response you have seen in the forums. Core Force > started as research project to determine the potential of a collaborative > approach to endpoint security. Two years ago, the idea of free, robust and > feature rich endpoint security software that let its users define > acceptable security policies and share those policies among them was alien > to many, CF had limited success proving that it wasn't but nonetheless > helped push the endpoint security agenda forward. Today, with the advent > of Windows Vista and the incorporation of functionality similar to Core > Force in other major desktop operating system (Linux, OS X) we believe > that there is no longer a reason to maintain active development and a long > term roadmap for the Core Force project. > > We may continue doing point releases mostly for bug fixing but that will > depend on whether we find enough time to dedicate to the effort in a > serious way. > --------- Included Stuff Ends --------- > http://force.coresecurity.com/index.php?module=xarbb&func=viewtopic&tid=319 > > A new point-release just came out, however: > CORE FORCE R0.95 updated to address security vulnerabilities - January 17, > 2008 > A new release of CORE FORCE R0.95 (build #172) is now available that > fixes security vulnerabilities reported by Sebastian Gottschalk. > http://force.coresecurity.com/index.php?module=base&page=main > http://force.coresecurity.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&aid=3 > 2
Yup - I've been keeping an eye on this. It's not getting any updates, beyond the noted bug fix, but it seems worth trying out. It'd be hard to be worse than ZoneAlarm, given my recent experiences with it. Kurt ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
