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Good Advice. Actually, ALL the PC software firewall have issues of
one kind or another. A few:
BlackIce - No outbound traffic control/reporting, frequently false
alarms, good at protecting allowed ports/applications with holes
Conseal - Hard to Configure, even for security pros. Most people copy
configs from other users and may leave holes. Little backend Logic on
allowed ports
ZoneAlarm - Buggy (but expected to stabilize), Good outbound traffic
monitoring
Norton Security - Conseal Like approach, but easier to use. Web Ad
Blocker, little backend logic.
Most reviewers are recommending using any of these WITH BlackIce so
you get firewall like control over ports and allowed traffic with the
backend protection on your allowed apps.
Cooke
On Wed, 8 Mar 2000 18:04:19 -0500 (EST), you wrote:
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>"Don Roos" <roos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>You might want to check out the free firewall software at:
>>http://www.zonelabs.com/default.htm...
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>>This free software may be better than Black Ice......
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>I've had good success with BlackICE but it is certainly definitely not the
>only product out there. Some aquaintances of mine have had good success
>with the ConSeal line at:
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>www.pcfirewall.com
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>One thing which BlackICE does not have is any filtering of *outbound* traffic.
> That is, unlike some firewalls, it does not allow you to control what information
>is passed by your machine when you visit various web sites, etc. If you'd
>like that feature you might want to take a look at the ConSeal products,
> mentioned above, among others....
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>Good surfing,
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>OM
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