Subject: Re[2]: ZoneAlarm
I run three firewalls and an HTML filter:
1 CONSEAL PERSONAL FW
2 BLACKICE DEFENDER
3 ZONEALARM FW
4 PROXOMITRON
McAfee recently acquired Signal9 the developer and marketing company
for Conseal Personal FW (packet filtering) and Conseal Private Desktop
(application filtering or stateful inspection. Conseal FW is
preconfigured with a ruleset that blocks all ports except those that
are needed for browsing. It also blocks Netbios and Netbeui (ports
135-139) by default. Many rulesets are available for special
configurations, such as DSL, cable modem, Napster, ICQ, and other
junk. Conseal FW logs incoming and outgoing connections, blocks
incoming connections that are not permitted, and will optionally allow
the user to chose to block or allow an incoming connection,
permanently or temporarily. Rule building is GUI control and for
anyone with some experience in protocols, ports, and services, rules
are easy to create, modify, test, or delete. Rules are processed in
priority order, so you can make things hairy, just like any packet
filtering firewall with prioritized rules.
McAfee is already offering Conseal Personal Desktop without mentioning
Conseal Personal FW on their site. This has caused general
frustration and aggravation amongst the CFW users, plus numerous
negative statements about McAfee products and support.
Lots cut off.
McAfee has on their web site all about Personal Firewall but they want all
to pay $39.95 a year or $19.95 a year if you are a subscriber to their
Clinic.
http://www.mcaffee.com/about/press_releases/pr03150001.asp
Never did find the Desktop.
Renee Lee
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