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I was looking for an alternative freeware firewall (I don't like
ZA, Sygate is nice but I get problems with it, Kerio 2.1.5 is too
technical for me, and Outpost is too hard to work out)

I thought I had tried all the free firewalls but then I came
across this web page:
<http://www.klitetools.com/index.php?action=news&catid=47>

I have never heard of products like these:

R-Firewall 1.0 Build 53
Look n Stop Lite 1.04
Securepoint Personal Firewall 3.7.1
WyvernWorks Firewall 5.2
Filseclab Personal Firewall 2.5
SoftPerfect Personal Firewall 1.4.1
Jetico Personal Firewall 1.0.1.61

Are they fully functioning full-strength firewalls? Many look as
if they are only just out of beta if the version number is
anything to go by.

But others seems to have a mature version number and I have never
heard of them.

What do people know about these?

Frank


--

[sorry guys if it offends but x-posting seems appropriate this
time]

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I've tried most freeware firewalls and I get very good results with NetVeda
Safety.Net

Had problems with sp2 and securepoint
wasn't satisfied with r-firewall and jetico
had good results with wyvern

hope it helps


"Franklin" <no_thanks@mail.com> wrote in message
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>I was looking for an alternative freeware firewall (I don't like
> ZA, Sygate is nice but I get problems with it, Kerio 2.1.5 is too
> technical for me, and Outpost is too hard to work out)
>
> I thought I had tried all the free firewalls but then I came
> across this web page:
> <http://www.klitetools.com/index.php?action=news&catid=47>
>
> I have never heard of products like these:
>
> R-Firewall 1.0 Build 53
> Look n Stop Lite 1.04
> Securepoint Personal Firewall 3.7.1
> WyvernWorks Firewall 5.2
> Filseclab Personal Firewall 2.5
> SoftPerfect Personal Firewall 1.4.1
> Jetico Personal Firewall 1.0.1.61
>
> Are they fully functioning full-strength firewalls? Many look as
> if they are only just out of beta if the version number is
> anything to go by.
>
> But others seems to have a mature version number and I have never
> heard of them.
>
> What do people know about these?
>
> Frank
>
>
> --
>
> [sorry guys if it offends but x-posting seems appropriate this
> time]

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In comp.security.firewalls Franklin <no_thanks@mail.com> wrote:
> I was looking for an alternative freeware firewall (I don't like
> ZA, Sygate is nice but I get problems with it, Kerio 2.1.5 is too
> technical for me, and Outpost is too hard to work out)

You're searching an host based packet filter? Why not using the
Windows-Firewall?

Yours,
VB.
--
"Es kann nicht sein, dass die Frustrierten in Rom bestimmen, was in
deutschen Schlafzimmern passiert".
Harald Schmidt zum "Weltjugendtag"

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El Gee wrote:

> 1) Jetico was not good (but I cannot remember why though) I stuck with
> Sygate 2) Did not like Wyvern Works either. So far FOR ME, Sygate has
> been the best.

maybe but it has been bought out by norton. So no matter how good it was in
the past(It was my preference also) it may not remain a viable solution.

I have been looking at jetico for quite some time and done allot or reading
on it over at wildersecurity. It seems to be an excellent firewall but it
is also more advanced so you will need to actually think to use it. If you
want something easy and brain dead simple but not as featurefull you should
look elsewere. I have not used it personally though.

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Franklin <no_thanks@mail.com> wrote in news:96CA5D2A7EB2071F3M4@
204.153.244.156:

> I was looking for an alternative freeware firewall (I don't like
> ZA, Sygate is nice but I get problems with it, Kerio 2.1.5 is too
> technical for me, and Outpost is too hard to work out)
>
> I thought I had tried all the free firewalls but then I came
> across this web page:
> <http://www.klitetools.com/index.php?action=news&catid=47>
>
> I have never heard of products like these:
>
> R-Firewall 1.0 Build 53
> Look n Stop Lite 1.04
> Securepoint Personal Firewall 3.7.1
> WyvernWorks Firewall 5.2
> Filseclab Personal Firewall 2.5
> SoftPerfect Personal Firewall 1.4.1
> Jetico Personal Firewall 1.0.1.61
>
> Are they fully functioning full-strength firewalls? Many look as
> if they are only just out of beta if the version number is
> anything to go by.
>
> But others seems to have a mature version number and I have never
> heard of them.
>
> What do people know about these?
>
> Frank


I don't know about the others but Look n Stop (the full version)
regularly takes turns with Outpost as the number 1 firewall in
independent reviews. (Look n Stop isn't very well known, though.)

See, for instance:

www.firewallleaktester.com (that's 3 L's in a row!)

Regards,

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On 07 Sep 2005 14:06:23 GMT, nemo_outis wrote:

> Franklin <no_thanks@mail.com> wrote in news:96CA5D2A7EB2071F3M4@
> 204.153.244.156:
>
>> I was looking for an alternative freeware firewall (I don't like
>> ZA, Sygate is nice but I get problems with it, Kerio 2.1.5 is too
>> technical for me, and Outpost is too hard to work out)
>>
>> I thought I had tried all the free firewalls but then I came
>> across this web page:
>> <http://www.klitetools.com/index.php?action=news&catid=47>
>>
>> I have never heard of products like these:
>>
>> R-Firewall 1.0 Build 53
>> Look n Stop Lite 1.04
>> Securepoint Personal Firewall 3.7.1
>> WyvernWorks Firewall 5.2
>> Filseclab Personal Firewall 2.5
>> SoftPerfect Personal Firewall 1.4.1
>> Jetico Personal Firewall 1.0.1.61
>>
>> Are they fully functioning full-strength firewalls? Many look as
>> if they are only just out of beta if the version number is
>> anything to go by.
>>
>> But others seems to have a mature version number and I have never
>> heard of them.
>>
>> What do people know about these?
>>
>> Frank
>
>
> I don't know about the others but Look n Stop (the full version)
> regularly takes turns with Outpost as the number 1 firewall in
> independent reviews. (Look n Stop isn't very well known, though.)
>
> See, for instance:
>
> www.firewallleaktester.com (that's 3 L's in a row!)

Look n Stop is not freeware.
--
Jim
Tyneside UK

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In comp.security.firewalls nemo_outis <abc@xyz.com> wrote:
> I don't know about the others but Look n Stop (the full version)
> regularly takes turns with Outpost as the number 1 firewall in
> independent reviews. (Look n Stop isn't very well known, though.)

Outpost is vulnerable to the SelfDoS attack.

It opens Popups with texts, which most users don't understand and
misinterpret.

Outpost cannot prevent spyware from sending your personal information
across the Internet; it failed in our tests together with the rest of the
"Personal Firewalls".

Outpost does not make a PC "invisible" or "stealth" in the Internet, as
this is not possible at all.

Outpost "Personal Firewall" installs SYSTEM-Services, which open
windows.

This is a gross error, because this breaches security. Agnitum show here,
that they never read Microsoft's design guidlines for system services:

http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=h [...] e_services

For a software, which should enhance security, this design flaw means the
declaration of bankruptcy.

Yours,
VB.
--
"Es kann nicht sein, dass die Frustrierten in Rom bestimmen, was in
deutschen Schlafzimmern passiert".
Harald Schmidt zum "Weltjugendtag"

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Jim Scott <mr.jimscott@Xvirgin.net> wrote in news:3fh249zylmt$.dlg@ID-
104726.news.individual.net:

> On 07 Sep 2005 14:06:23 GMT, nemo_outis wrote:
>> I don't know about the others but Look n Stop (the full version)
>> regularly takes turns with Outpost as the number 1 firewall in
>> independent reviews. (Look n Stop isn't very well known, though.)
>>
>> See, for instance:
>>
>> www.firewallleaktester.com (that's 3 L's in a row!)


> Look n Stop is not freeware.


You're undoubtedly correct - I tend to gloss over such distinctions; the
concept of paying for software does not loom large in my mind :-)

Regards,

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>On 08 Sep 2005 02:33:51 GMT, "nemo_outis" <abc@xyz.com> wrote:
>
>the concept of paying for software does not loom large in my mind :-)
>
Maybe in the future you would consider not cross-posting to a group
where such a concept is off-topic.

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> R-Firewall 1.0 Build 53
> Look n Stop Lite 1.04
> Securepoint Personal Firewall 3.7.1
> WyvernWorks Firewall 5.2
> Filseclab Personal Firewall 2.5
> SoftPerfect Personal Firewall 1.4.1
> Jetico Personal Firewall 1.0.1.61

Hmm you forgot the CHX-I packet filter (www.idrci.net)
although it's not exactly a "personal firewall" nor a "toy
firewall" but just a regular rule-based stateful packet filter
w/o application control (all in all the job of a packet filter
is controlling network traffic, not applications, the latter
are a job for anti spy/mal-ware or antivirus s/w); as a
note the CHX-I packet filter (and the NAT as well) are
free for personal, non commercial use

Regards

--

* ObiWan

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http://www.ntcanuck.com

Support and discussions forums/groups
http://forums.ntcanuck.com
news://news.ntcanuck.com

408 XP/2000 tweaks and tips
http://www.ntcanuck.com/tq/Tip_Quarry.htm

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* Mel <MJ@nospam.com>:
>>On 08 Sep 2005 02:33:51 GMT, "nemo_outis" <abc@xyz.com> wrote:
>>
>>the concept of paying for software does not loom large in my mind :-)
>>
> Maybe in the future you would consider not cross-posting to a group
> where such a concept is off-topic.
>

What concept would that be? Not paying for software? I haven't paid for
software for years yet I'm totally legal so dont get all high and mighty
thinking we're talking warez.

Jason

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Go with kerio..lot's of options and very tech intuitive.
The free version doesnt disable the protection measures needed for a
home system.

It may take a bit of time to learn the features, but it's worth it. It
is the most robust out of the free firewalls that I have tried.

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>From: "Brett Michaels From Poison"

>Go with kerio..lot's of options and very tech intuitive.

"Kerio Personal Firewall will be discontinued as of December 31, 2005.
It will not be available for purchase after this date. Subscriptions
will not be renewed. Technical support will be provided to all
customers with valid subscriptions until the end of 2006."

Quote taken from Kerio Forum:
http://forums.kerio.com/index.php? [...] 93472fa6fb

Rgds,

Yourhighness

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If it's not for sale and discontinued then it's no crime to use a crack
with it.

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On 10 Sep 2005 04:01:35 -0700, "Fred" <fred_whitaker@hotmail.com>
typed furiously:

>If it's not for sale and discontinued then it's no crime to use a crack
>with it.

It is still a copyright work and it would be illegal to do as you
suggest.
--
David
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