On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 09:23:49 -0500, you wrote: Paranoid?
Why would you want to run a second and a third copy of software that does the same thing? I think the programmers are justified in warning the users of incompatibilities when you run similar applications etc. The practice of multiples will slow your system down and add instability and vulnerabilities as stated by the programmers. I think I'd sleep better knowing that at least one program is working to spec without the worry of not knowing if it helps to run multiples without a guarantee of performance. >G'day, all, > >I currently run two firewalls (Sygate and Tiny). I wanted to replace one >with Outpost to see if Outpost is as good as people tell me it is. Agnitum >warns you not to run more than one firewall, so I disconnected from the >'net, shut down both my firewalls and started the Outpost install. The >install process noticed the existence of the other non-running firewalls on >the sytem and gave me the following message: > >"You will most likely have the following problems if you decide to run more >then one firewall on your computer: > >- Blue screen fatal errors, system freezing or sudden system reboots. >- All access will be allowed for every application. Nothing will be blocked. >- Every application will be blocked and you will be unable to connect to >any web site. >- Your computer system will be unable to boot up. >- Every other error imaginable!" > >First, these claimed potential problems strike me as being somewhat >over-the-top. Second, I run two AV programs (security in depth, and all >that), one of which warns of dire consequences from running more than one >AV program. In fact, I have no problems whatsoever; they don't even trip >over each other's signature files. Neither do I get any conflicts between >my current two firewalls or problems from running two. (I pass all GRC, >Sygate and other tests with either or both.) > >So my question is: Has anyone experimented with running Outpost with >another firewall? If so, what was your experience? If not, can anyone think >of anything to justify Agnitum's claims? Is this just a problem of >Outpost's? (No other firewall I know of issues such a warning.) Or is this >just a marketing claim to encourage usage of Outpost and only Outpost? (My >OS, BTW, is 98.) > >Cheers, >Colin
