jwcolby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Sat Nov 24 10:27:47 CST 2007
Look at the dates though. The two top picks were reviewed in summer 2006. That is a LOOOONG time ago in this business. 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 Gary Kjos Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 11:00 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] New Comodo Firewall 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 -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com