[dba-Tech] Software Firewalls - Test?

Dan:

Try www.grc.com 's website.  He's got a good test procedure that may tell
you more than you want to know...!!

Greg Smith
gregsmith at starband.net



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> From: Dan Waters [mailto:dwaters at usinternet.com]
> Sent: Mon 13/12/2004 11:49 AM
> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Software Firewalls - Test?
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> Can someone recommend a good way to test a firewall?  I use CA EZTrust
> Firewall/AV combo.
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> Thanks!
> Dan Waters
> ProMation Systems
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> <mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com> ] On Behalf Of Arthur
> Fuller  Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 6:38 PM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Software Firewalls
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> The groundswell begins. Pretty soon marchers outside the Symantec walls.
>  Bring back Peter Norton cuz he knows what he is doing!
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> Tina Norris Fields wrote:
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>> Yay!!!  That's what I would do if it came on MY new box!
>> Tina
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>> Stuart McLachlan wrote:
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>>> On 5 Dec 2004 at 14:45, Arthur Fuller wrote:
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>>>> I wonder if I'm alone in hating Norton's stuff. Otherwise fast boxes
>>>>  slow to a crawl. 'Twas better in the old days before the genii at
>>>> Symantec took over.
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>>> The main computer suppliers in Port Moresby bundle it with every
>>> system they sell.
>>> The first thing I do on any machine I set up is rip it all out :-)
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