Gary Kjos
garykjos at gmail.com
Sat Nov 24 09:59:42 CST 2007
Here's a firewall testing site http://www.firewallguide.com/software.htm GK On Nov 24, 2007 9:18 AM, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote: > Rocky, > > I don't pretend to be a security expert. Therefore all I can do is talk > about what I like and why. The Comodo firewall is good and getting better. > It is free. It has now added in a new layer which watches for the nasties > trying to load and also the nasties trying to hook in to or manipulate > already loaded applications. This is a very common practice, even with the > non-nasties. Outlook hooks into Firefox or IE to display web pages. So if > an "application" tries to use another application, is it normal or a nasty? > If something tries to load, is it a normal known app or a nasty? > > There are already firewalls out there, there are already app monitors. Some > are good, some are not so good, some are useless. Unfortunately given the > very real importance of such things, I am not finding a good site dedicated > to testing firewalls and keeping those tests up to date. I find tests for > Comodo's firewall but they are from Sept 2006. That is well over a year ago > and are the results valid today? As we know from the Microsoft debacle, bug > fixes can break things so any firewall developer can fix a bug and break > something else. We really need some place that tests each firewall / > version at LEAST every few months. Well if there is one I can't find it. > > Anyway, Comodo is a company that I trust and I like their philosophy. They > are in the business of selling security certificates, and they profess to > believe that trust is the most critical aspect of their job. They already > have a background in the internet, and specifically in the security side of > the internet and they are trying to leverage that knowledge into good > products for the little guy to protect himself with. They are openly > staking their reputation on these products, and the effect on their > reputation is their payback for the work they do on these products. I just > like that. > > They are doing a good job of staying on top of the various security issues > (AFAICT) and they have added a new "layer" of security directly into the > firewall application which does this monitoring of other applications. It > has gotten to the point where I think this is a requirement (application > monitoring), and it just seems like a good idea to have one dev team > handling the whole thing rather than using the firewall from over here and > the monitor from over there. Given that the nasties almost always try to > use the internet for some nefarious purpose, it makes sense to me for the > app monitor to be able to talk directly to the firewall should it need to. > > Again, just my opinion, and making the assumption that they do a good job on > both sides of the security house of course. > > Both of these things, firewalls and application monitoring, are complicated > issues which I don't understand well enough to do my own testing. I keep > looking for some third party which is keeping up with such testing but I am > not finding such a place. In the meantime, all I can say is, I like Comodo > and I like their firewall. I have been using it for well over a year now, > on all of my machines and I still recommend it highly. > > > John W. Colby > Colby Consulting > www.ColbyConsulting.com > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin at > Beach Access Software > Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 8:56 AM > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' > > Subject: Re: [AccessD] New Comodo Firewall > > Looks good from the site. I'm using Sygate. I'm also behind a router > firewall and have AVG going to the AV and their spyware product. Any > compelling reason to switch? > > Rocky > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby > Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 4:47 AM > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'; 'Discussion of > Hardware and Software issues' > Subject: [AccessD] New Comodo Firewall > > I have to say the new Comodo firewall, v 3.x is AWESOME. The firewall > itself is great, and now they are folding in the capabilities of malware > detection such as rootkits and other such goodies. > > If you don't use a software firewall, you should try this thing. If you use > any other firewall, you should try this thing. They just keep getting > better. > > John W. Colby > Colby Consulting > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.5/1148 - Release Date: 11/23/2007 > 7:39 PM > > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > -- > > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com