[AccessD] OT: free Sygate personal

Although the Sygate links have been stopped, it can still be downloaded here


http://www.download.com/Sygate-Personal-Firewall/3000-2092_4-10332265.html?tag=pdp_prod


On 12/1/05, Francisco Tapia <fhtapia at gmail.com> wrote:
> Another free firewall published on the zdnet story is Jetico
> http://www.jetico.com/jpfirewall.htm
>
>
> On 12/1/05, John Bartow <john at winhaven.net> wrote:
> > Lambert,
> > Good story!
> >
> > Illustrates the reason for having an outgoing firewall perfectly.
> >
> > Unfortunately, Microsoft's built in firewall doesn't protect against
> > outgoing threats. So, unless you are abasolutely sure that you can't
> > possibly have any worries about malware then you are better off having a
> > firewall that can prevent incoming and outgoing traffic.
> >
> > The Sygate Personal Firewall was great for home PCs, for which it was free.
> > You could purchase a license for it for your business PCs too and then,
> > IIRC, it was called "Pro" added a few items and the ability to get support.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Heenan, Lambert
> >
> > Curious. I would have said that the firewall *in a router* protects you from
> > port scanners and the like trying to get IN. But what it does nothing about
> > is protecting you from programs on your system that want to call home.
> >
> > For instance I was looking for a freeware file splitter that could handle
> > multi-gigabyte files. One that I tried looked ok "on paper" until I tried
> > using it. Then my software firewall advised me that two spyware programs
> > came along with the package, one was intending to report home on every
> > website that I visited. Needless to say all three products were removed
> > (sorry I didn't keep a note of which they were).
> >
> > Without a software firewall I would have been a victim of today's mallware
> > brigade.
> >
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