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Re: Personal Firewall: Revisited
de In_Parentheses 05/29/2006 10:55
meow2222@care2.com wrote in
news:1148933694.186232.178090@38g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
> Dennis Roark wrote:
>> AlleyCat <alley@aol.com> wrote in
>> news:MPG.1ec6e258afe386d0989745@news-server.jam.rr.com:
>>
>> >
>> > I know this has been discussed recently but... I have use
>> > ZoneAlarm for
>> > many years and have found it to work very well. The only "problem"
>> > I have with it, is that it uses a lot of memory (vsmon.exe). I
>> > uninstalled it and ran Outpost for a few minutes. I must have had
>> > it configured wrongly, because my browser had difficulty opening a
>> > webpage. I temporarily disabled Outpost, and the browser worked
>> > fine. I enabled Outpost and the browser worked, but only because I
>> > already had it open and functioning.
>> >
>> > Is there a good free "lightweight" firewall title? I've heard of
>> > Sygate, but will it "hog" resources as ZoneAlarm did? Also, does
>> > anyone have it and be able to post it to a binaries group or email
>> > it to me? Remove Zoom Zoom from the address. Thanks for any help.
>> >
>> > zoomzoommx6_car@hotmail.com
>> >
>> > Al
>>
>> The older freeware Kerio version 2.1.5 is excellent and free of the
>> bloat in later versions. It can be had through Last Freeware site:
>>
>> http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/downloads321/keriopf215.zip
>>
>> or,
>>
>> http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/page7.html#Kerio%20Personal%
>> 20Firewall
>
> Kerio is nice and light, but has known vulnerabilities, is not user
> friendly, and I had a problem with it that quickly caused me to drop
> it. When it asks if you want to permit a packet through it gives only
> an IP address, and its not possible to find out what the address is by
> typing it into browser, since its blocked until you permit it. So you
> have to permit everything once to find out what it is before you can
> block it. Also IIRC it doesnt run in stealth mode. All said, a
> definite thumbs down here.
>
> ZA is fat but you get to keep your data.
>
>
> NT
>
>
If you want to check a blocked IP, then either use Sam Spade (the
program), or go to http://www.dnsstuff.com and enter it (copy) in the
"WhoIs" field and click "Go"; the information you get from that query
should tell you whether or not to permit it.
As for basics: It is the job of a firewall to block traffic until told to
do otherwise.
--
Jay
(IP)