Personal firewall Products

[Ryan Russell]

On Tue, 18 Apr 2000, Brown, Theresa wrote:

> I am attempting to evaluate low-end firewall products appropriate for home
> users with Cable or DSL modems.  I have found very few in my searches.  I
> have found Black Ice

Black Ice is an IDS< not a firewall.


> and a product from Sofaware (which I can't get any info
> on).  The Black Ice product looks very promising, but I would like to look
> at others.  I would appreciate any recommendations.
>

Most of the VPN vendors have gotten a clue, and are starting to
include/recommend a particular personal firewall for their VPN
product.  This can be especially nice if you pick up some centralization
features, or if the firewall is aware when the VPN is up or down.  I've
got a small bit of direct experience with the firewall from
Infoexpress.  They were nice enough to take some feedback from my employer
at the time, so it happens to fit my personal criteria very well. :)

					Ryan

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