Keeping the outside out: Seven desktop firewalls tested

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01 November 2002 03:00 PM
Tags: check point secureclient, cracker, firewall, virus, worm, security, hacker, zone alarm pro

Glossary

Keeping the outside out: Seven desktop firewalls tested

Fingerprint: Use the data from a port scan to determine the type of host(s) on a network. This then allows specific attacks to be launched against known vulnerabilities.

IDS: Intrusion detection system. A system that is usually integrated with a firewall to monitor traffic and look for specific patterns that match known exploits or simply look suspicious.

Firewalls: Introduction
Check Point SecureClient
Computer Associates eTrust EZ Firewall
ISS RealSecure Desktop Protector
Kerio Personal Firewall
McAfee Desktop Firewall 7.5
Symantec Client Security 8.0
Zone Alarm Pro
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How we tested
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Port scan: To fire off a series of packets to various ports on a machine, or a whole subnet. Often used to fingerprint a target.

Talkback 2 comments

    central silent installs?? was ...Anonymous -- 20/05/04

    central silent installs?? was in ice cap but to my knowledge not yet wriitten into SP!!

    You did not review the new eTr ...Anonymous -- 03/11/04

    You did not review the new eTrust EZ Armor. It is different now; it consists of eTrust EZ Antivirus and eTrust EZ Firewall (which is ZoneLabs technology). So you have a good antivirus, not a resource hog, uses less space on hard drive, and "ZoneAlarm." There are not many better.

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