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

About RMIT Test Labs

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
Sample scenario
How we tested
Glossary
Specifications and results
Editors' Choice
About RMIT Test Labs

RMIT IT Test Labs is an independent testing institution based in Melbourne, Victoria, performing IT product testing for clients such as IBM, Coles-Myer, and a wide variety of government bodies. In the Labs' testing for Technology & Business, they are in direct contact with the client supplying products. Their findings are their own—only the specifications of the products to be tested are provided by the magazine. For more information on RMIT, please contact the Lab Manager, Steven Turvey, at stevet@rmit.edu.au.

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    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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