Simulate030
05-14-04, 04:46 PM
Since many seem to love this FW, I decided to try it out yesterday. First thoughts, it was visually nice and very simple/limited (good or bad thing?). Also, it was using the same 10mb of RAM as ZAP does... made me wonder why people say I should get rid of ZAP because it's a resource hog when these 2 seem equal.
But the actual reason why I got rid of it is because it was too difficult for me to use. I'm unlike some of you in that I don't know much about ports and protocols, and quite frankly, I don't have all the time in the world to set these things up and figure out how to set up DNS/DHCP/etc in the firewall. I know there are presets, but they don't really cover everything. And for every program, you have to set up far too many things compared to in ZAP just allowing or blocking access & server. With ZAP, all tests have always shown that my ports are in stealth, so it's definitely doing something right. But Outpost wasn't very newbie-friendly, in my opinion. I didn't want to make something too secure or not secure enough by accident, anyways.
So I ended up a bit frustrated and uninstalled it... I would use it but I'm really a bit clueless when it comes to setting up rules. Would definitely appreciate it if someone could help or give some tips because I'd like to give it another try if possible. I've tried Sygate as recommended in the past, but it wasn't customizable enough to me, and also it seems like they don't update it or keep it in shape anymore... is this true?
-edit installed Sygate, and it actually uses 14mb. So ZAP is the least of the resource hogs?
About Sygate, my port 1025 is open on a security test.... what can I do to fix this? Or is it okay?
But the actual reason why I got rid of it is because it was too difficult for me to use. I'm unlike some of you in that I don't know much about ports and protocols, and quite frankly, I don't have all the time in the world to set these things up and figure out how to set up DNS/DHCP/etc in the firewall. I know there are presets, but they don't really cover everything. And for every program, you have to set up far too many things compared to in ZAP just allowing or blocking access & server. With ZAP, all tests have always shown that my ports are in stealth, so it's definitely doing something right. But Outpost wasn't very newbie-friendly, in my opinion. I didn't want to make something too secure or not secure enough by accident, anyways.
So I ended up a bit frustrated and uninstalled it... I would use it but I'm really a bit clueless when it comes to setting up rules. Would definitely appreciate it if someone could help or give some tips because I'd like to give it another try if possible. I've tried Sygate as recommended in the past, but it wasn't customizable enough to me, and also it seems like they don't update it or keep it in shape anymore... is this true?
-edit installed Sygate, and it actually uses 14mb. So ZAP is the least of the resource hogs?
About Sygate, my port 1025 is open on a security test.... what can I do to fix this? Or is it okay?