Firewall suggestion

[vani]

What firewall do you suggest that only does firewalling and keeps itself off
of spyware, virii and other security jurisdictions (and most of all, does
its job well)?

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[Leythos]

In article <fp6kja$avp$1@sunce.iskon.hr>, ivan.svaljek!MAKNI!@email.t-
com.hr says...
> What firewall do you suggest that only does firewalling and keeps itself off
> of spyware, virii and other security jurisdictions (and most of all, does
> its job well)?

WatchGuard firebox x500 and above.

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[Casey]

In article <fp6kja$avp$1@sunce.iskon.hr>, ivan.svaljek!MAKNI!@email.t-
com.hr says...
> What firewall do you suggest that only does firewalling and keeps itself off
> of spyware, virii and other security jurisdictions (and most of all, does
> its job well)?
>
>
Sygate 5.6 3408
http://www.savefile.com/projects/1045215

[Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers]

Casey <casey@nonspecified.net> wrote:
> ivan.svaljek!MAKNI!@email.t-com.hr says...
>> What firewall do you suggest that only does firewalling and keeps
>> itself off of spyware, virii and other security jurisdictions (and
>> most of all, does its job well)?
>
> Sygate 5.6 3408

If you want to run outdated software that will no longer receive any
security updates, that is.

cu
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their architecture they should go back and re-architect their solution."
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[Casey]

In article <fp7k3nU42dL1@news.in-ulm.de>, usenet-2008@planetcobalt.net
says...
> Casey <casey@nonspecified.net> wrote:
> > ivan.svaljek!MAKNI!@email.t-com.hr says...
> >> What firewall do you suggest that only does firewalling and keeps
> >> itself off of spyware, virii and other security jurisdictions (and
> >> most of all, does its job well)?
> >
> > Sygate 5.6 3408
>
> If you want to run outdated software that will no longer receive any
> security updates, that is.
>
> cu
> 59cobalt
>
Nowdays, it amazing how many users want the latest upgradable
software with the ever increasing amount of features which are
used to help sell the product.

From what I've seen, Sygate is complete within itself and doesn't
grow old with age. In Sygate, the user builds all the rules and can
make changes as required. Here are the functions which can be
used in combinations to build each rule.
Allow/Block, Host Address, Ports 1-65535, Protocols TCP, UDP,
ICMP, Direction In/Out/Both, Scheduling, Applications.

I believe you will find that these are all the parameters one would
require to control operation of their computer on internet--this
of course disregards getting malware infections. That is a separate
problem that is usually caused by how the user uses the computer.
Casey

[Sebastian G.]

Casey wrote:


>> If you want to run outdated software that will no longer receive any
>> security updates, that is.
>>
>> cu
>> 59cobalt
>>
> Nowdays, it amazing how many users want the latest upgradable
> software with the ever increasing amount of features which are
> used to help sell the product.
>
> From what I've seen, Sygate is complete within itself and doesn't
> grow old with age.


Disclosed security vulnerabilities not being fixed by the vendor isn't
growing old? You must be kidding!

[Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers]

Casey <casey@nonspecified.net> wrote:
> usenet-2008@planetcobalt.net
> says...
>> Casey <casey@nonspecified.net> wrote:
>>> ivan.svaljek!MAKNI!@email.t-com.hr says...
>>>> What firewall do you suggest that only does firewalling and keeps
>>>> itself off of spyware, virii and other security jurisdictions (and
>>>> most of all, does its job well)?
>>>
>>> Sygate 5.6 3408
>>
>> If you want to run outdated software that will no longer receive any
>> security updates, that is.
>
> Nowdays, it amazing how many users want the latest upgradable
> software with the ever increasing amount of features which are
> used to help sell the product.
>
> From what I've seen, Sygate is complete within itself and doesn't
> grow old with age.

Because now that the program is no longer supported it has become
totally impossible that anyone could ever find a security hole in it ...

Just like nobody would ever be able to exploit a design flaw like, say,
running interactive services with elevated privileges.

Any irony found in here may be kept by the finder, BTW.

> In Sygate, the user builds all the rules and can make changes as
> required. Here are the functions which can be used in combinations to
> build each rule.
> Allow/Block, Host Address, Ports 1-65535, Protocols TCP, UDP,
> ICMP, Direction In/Out/Both, Scheduling, Applications.

*cough*GRE*cough*IGMP*cough*L2TP*cough*

> I believe you will find that these are all the parameters one would
> require to control operation of their computer on internet--this
> of course disregards getting malware infections.

I on the other hand believe that you still don't have the slightest clue
about IT security.

cu
59cobalt
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"If a software developer ever believes a rootkit is a necessary part of
their architecture they should go back and re-architect their solution."
--Mark Russinovich