Hello Alan I am intrested in Blackice Defender, but I am unable to find a trial version, and am not willing to spend money on a product I have not tried, do you know of a place I can get a trial version of this software. Thanks I'm assuming that Alan is actually talking about Steve _Gibson_ of Gibson Research. The grc.com site has got a nice facility for probing for insecurities on a machine. Assuming you're running Windows (implied by the question about Guard Dog)--Gibson's site recommends two firewalls: BlackIce and At Guard. BlackIce Defender is available at www.networkice.com. Among hackers, it's the firewall of choice. (Well, hackers want to protect their own machines!) It runs about $40. At Guard is no longer supported by the original company but word has it that it will be offered as part of Norton Internet Security 2000 by Symantec.
