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

Specifications and results

Product Check Point SecureClient Computer Associates eTrust EZ Firewall ISS RealSecure Desktop Protector Kerio Personal Firewall
Company Check Point Computer Associates Internet Security Systems Kerio
Phone 02 9493 6000 03 9821 3000 07 3838 1555 +1 408 496 4500
Web www.checkpoint.com www.ca.com www.iss.net www.kerio.com
Price (inc GST) From $92 per user US$29.95 per user From $240 per user US$39 per user
Warranty N/A 1 year 90 days None
Operating Systems Supported
Windows XP Pro/2000/NT4 Y/Y/Y Y/Y/Y Y/Y/Y Y/Y/Y
Windows XP Home/ME/98/95 Y/Y/Y/Y Y/Y/Y/Y Y/Y/Y/N Y/Y/Y/Y
nmap port scan results
Ports        
113/tcp auth        
135/tcp loc-srv        
139/tcp netbios-ssn     Open*  
427/tcp svrloc        
445/tcp microsoft-ds     Open*  
1025/tcp NFS-or-IIS   Open    
Other Ports Depends on security policies (default off) 17 Ports >1025 Open    
Scan Result   The 1023 ports scanned but not shown are in state: filtered The 1598 ports scanned but not shown are in state: filtered* Host appears to be down, skipping it.
OS Determined Windows Millennium Edition (Me), Win 2000, or WinXP Windows Millennium Edition (Me), Win 2000, or WinXP Windows XP Professional RC1+ through final release*  
* These results are from ISS RealSecure Desktop Protector tested in Paranoid mode
Product McAfee Desktop Firewall Symantec Client Security Zone Alarm Pro
Company Network Associates Symantec AnswerZ
Phone 02 9761 4200 02 8879 1000 02 6288 5992
Web www.networkassociates.com www.symantec.com www.zonelabs.com
Price (inc GST) From $61.53 per user From $95.50 per user From US$40 per user
Warranty N/A N/A One-year standard update renewal of software and online support
Operating Systems Supported
Windows XP Pro/2000/NT4 Y/Y/Y (with SP4+) Y/Y/Y Y/Y/Y
Windows XP Home/ME/98/95 Y/Y/Y/Y Y/Y/Y/N Y/Y/Y/N
nmap port scan results
Ports      
113/tcp auth      
135/tcp loc-srv      
139/tcp netbios-ssn      
427/tcp svrloc      
445/tcp microsoft-ds      
1025/tcp NFS-or-IIS      
Other Ports      
Scan Result All 1601 scanned ports on host are: filtered All 1601 scanned ports on host are: filtered Host appears to be down, skipping it.
OS Determined Too many fingerprints match this host for an accurate OS guess Too many fingerprints match this host for an accurate OS guess  
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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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