Personal firewall Products

[Jeffery Eric Contr 95 CS/SCBA]

I use ATGuard by WRQ.  It was recently purchased by Symantec and is in their
Internet Security 2000 package.  Another good one is Conseal PC.  Info Sec
Magazine just gave Conseal it's Editors Choice.  Go to McAfee to get
information on Conseal, apparently they were bought up to compete with
Symantec.

I've used Black Ice but it wasn't that great.  It wasn't customizable and it
is more for Intrusion Detection than for Firewalling.  As for Zone Alarm (
http://www.zonelabs.com <http://www.zonelabs.com> ) it is good; however, the
version I have isn't customizable.  It is really geared for DSL connections
because there is a setting that allows you to LOCK your system, basically
shutting off the DSL link.

You can also check out Newsgroups on Firewalls (I think
comp.security.firewalls is one).  There are regular discussions on this
topic.

Eric Jeffery, MCSE
Network Systems Analyst


-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Carnes [mailto:jonc at haht.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 8:35 PM
To: VPN at SECURITYFOCUS.COM
Subject: Re: Personal firewall Products


Zone Alert (which I'm using right now) is free and works quite well as a
personal firewall.

I also recommend the hottest new product from Linksys.  Their cable
modem/DSL router/Switch costs about $160 and is a true wonder.  It does
basic firewalling/NAT and acts as a DHCP server for internal boxes.  It
supports up to 250 internal boxes.  The router is also a 10/100Mb ethernet
switch which has 4 internal connections and 1 WAN connection.  We've put a
few of these at some of our trouble sites.  They are plug-in and Go!  I just
can't say enough good things about them.

Jon Carnes
MIS - HAHT Software

----- Original Message -----
From: Brown, Theresa <mailto:theresa at TI.COM>
To: VPN at SECURITYFOCUS.COM <mailto:VPN at SECURITYFOCUS.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 8:19 AM
Subject: Personal firewall Products


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 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.

Kind Regards,

Theresa Brown
IT Security Engineering
972-927-8452
theresa at ti.com
Pager: 214-332-9058

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