NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: NEAL WEINBERG ON PRODUCT REVIEWS 10/14/04 Today's focus: Symantec Client Security 2.0
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For Symantec, we followed the installation instructions but found various components not always showing up in the console, and the client firewall was not being deployed when we pushed software to clients. We ended up re-installing all Symantec server components from scratch, which resolved many issues. For the firewall client component, we spoke with Symantec support and found that this is not installed by default. We needed to create a custom installation path. We would like to see the firewall component installed by default, not just the anti-virus software. To test policy functionality, we attempted to create and deploy a policy that would block all inbound traffic except remote desktop, block outbound traffic to Port 23 on remote systems, block Netcat from binding to Port 468, and block Solitaire (sol.exe) from running. To block outbound telnet connections, Symantec was successful at blocking Port 23 outbound. Our attack testing against each client was designed to exercise the defenses we expected to find. We tested application control features by running an application that accessed the network in a way prohibited by policy. We tested intrusion detection by performing a port scan. We tested intrusion prevention by running a Universal Plug and Play Protocol (UPNP) attack. We tested defense resilience by performing a "coarse uninstall" of the product. We defined a coarse uninstall as the deletion of files from the product's program files folder. We deleted all the files we could, as an attacker would. Symantec handled execution containment and detected the network intrusion. Plus, we couldn't uninstall Symantec. For the full report, go <http://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2004/0920rev.html> RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS Aventail improves client security IDG News Service, 05/03/04 http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0503aventimpro.html Review: WholeSecurity � http://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2003/0811prodpeek.html _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Neal Weinberg Neal Weinberg is features editor at Network World, in charge of product reviews, Buyer's Guides, technology primers, how-tos, issue-oriented feature stories and the Technology Insider series. You can reach him at <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by Veritas Meta Group Whitepaper Database Infrastructure Performance Challenges: Approaches to Better Manage Application Database and Storage Subsystem Performance Corporate relational databases now manage the majority of business-critical data within the enterprise. 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