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Re: Free security s/w products from Comodo Group:
de Huss 06/06/2006 09:04
In message <1149553340.915935.177530@f6g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
Comodo <melih@COMODOGROUP.COM> writes
>
>Huss wrote:
>> In message <447ce858$0$96952$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>, Melinda Meahan -
>> take out TRASH to send <mmeahan@TRASHsonic.net> writes
>> >Craig wrote:
>> >> Understood. I passed on Comodo stuff for other reasons as well. My
>> >>earlier response was just to straighten the record before this became
>> >>y.a. urban legend.
>> >
>> >
>> >So what firewall do you recommend if one has bad experiences with zone
>> >alarm, Kerio, Outpost, Sygate, and TinyPersonalFirewall? I recently
>> >finally got around to changing from Outpost because it kept crashing,
>> >and had already made my way through the others and found them
>> >unsatisfactory. I tried a number of freeware ones I found and Comodo
>> >was the first one that I found that I liked, that worked with what I
>> >needed it to work with, and that I felt I could use.
>>
>> Since this is a matter of security, surely the only firewall worth
>> having is one that is subject to continuous development? I am not yet
>> able to trust a freeware firewall. Contrary to beliefs held by most
>> windows users, it's not enough to install and forget, as exploits are
>> continuously being generated:
>>
>> http://www.google.com/search?q=firewall+exploit
>>
>> Remarks about, e.g., faults & exploits on freeware Outpost are now
>> dated; sure it used to crash, and sure you could kill it off, but that
>> is a very old piece of software, V 1x, and V 4x comes out inside a
>> month.
>>
>> None of the earlier firewalls can cope with the newest more serious
>> threats, and freeware firewalls seem mostly to be older products and
>> thus now undeveloped/not meeting new challenges.
>>
>> I can't comment on the Comodo offering, and perhaps Melih will; how does
>> the Comodo firewall check outgoing applications to see if they have been
>> altered (e.g., code injection)? Does it use MD5 checking, or does it use
>> the more secure hash algorithm (SHA) 256 verification routine?
>>
>> The buried question here is will it stop a root kit? If it can/will,
>> then I believe that it is the first freeware firewall to do so, and I'll
>> try it.
>> --
>> Huss
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>Huss
>
>Indeed security is the most important factor!
>
>CPF passes more leaktests than any other firewal afaik. But pls go
>ahead and try it yourself and test it using the leak tests. you will
>see that its a very powerful firewall. This is not a trialware or
>crippleware, its a full powerful firewall. Did you read the PcMag
>article about it?
I did, but what about MD5 vs SHA 256 verification? I've not been able to
confirm what it uses.
>thanks
>Melih
>
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Huss
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