[AccessD] OT: Firewall

Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software bchacc at san.rr.com
Mon Oct 10 08:53:08 CDT 2005


Aha.  So I'd better get Sygate up on Pundit's machine then.  We run NAV and 
have the email scanner on.  Not a friendly world out there, is it?

Rocky

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Colby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>
To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" 
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 6:24 AM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Firewall


> Rocky,
>
> You could say that monitoring outbound comms is your last wall of defense.
> It should never happen, and won't if your AV program protects you 
> perfectly.
> If a virus does slip by and starts trying to phone home, the software
> firewall will prevent the outbound comms and notify you that a program is
> attempting to talk to the internet.
>
> This level is not about preventing infection, but about discovering that 
> you
> are infected.  Imagine that somehow something slipped past, and was 
> watching
> you log in to everything you log into these days.  As it tries to ship 
> that
> info out to the perps, the software firewall prevents the transmission,
> saving your bacon, as well as notifying you that the program is trying to
> transmit.
>
> John W. Colby
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>
> Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause:
> http://folding.stanford.edu/
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin -
> Beach Access Software
> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 9:08 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Firewall
>
>
> What is the risk with outbound comms?  Can you have a problem even though
> you're behind the router firewall? And if so, how?
>
> Rocky
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Colby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>
> To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'"
> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 4:25 AM
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Firewall
>
>
>>I am behind a router.  Software firewalls are great for checking up on
>>OUTBOUND comms.
>>
>> John W. Colby
>> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>>
>> Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause:
>> http://folding.stanford.edu/
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky
>> Smolin - Beach Access Software
>> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 12:27 AM
>> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Firewall
>>
>>
>> Are you behind a router firewall?  Is that sufficient?
>>
>> Rocky
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John Colby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>
>> To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'"
>> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 3:01 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Firewall
>>
>>
>>>I use Sygate personal on all of my machines.  Works fine, lasts a long
>>>time,  with proper maintenance.
>>>
>>> John W. Colby
>>> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>>>
>>> Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause:
>>> http://folding.stanford.edu/
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky
>>> Smolin - Beach Access Software
>>> Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 11:07 AM
>>> To: AccessD at databaseadvisors.com
>>> Subject: [AccessD] OT: Firewall
>>>
>>>
>>> I\'m having a huge problem getting Zone Alarm on one of our computers
>>> I've used it for years with no problem, upgraded this one box from
>>> Version 3 to
>>> the latest, it blocks internet access and give a page full of
>>> instructions
>>> on how to solve the problem - none of which work.
>>>
>>> Uninstalled, reinstalled,  cleaned registry per their instructions,
>>> renamed the internet log, blah, blah.
>>>
>>> At the moment the machine is behind the router firewall (like all of
>>> them) so I don't know if I should be too concerned but I've always
>>> run a firewall on each machine in addition to the hardware firewall
>>> in the Linksys.
>>>
>>> I'm not wedded to Zone Alarm and I'm looking at Sygate's product (
>>> another free one : http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm) .
>>> Anyone know about this?  Any other recommendations for a personal
>>> firewall?
>>>
>>> Thanks and regards,
>>>
>>> Rocky
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