[dba-Tech] AV+Firewall

Thanks Gustav

This is for my home computer and laptop, not work, so I'm not worried about
documentation. I'm not worried about it at work either, it's someone else's
problem :-)

I already use Open DNS to avoid bad sites, and have AdBlock Pro installed,
to stop adverts, and that's pretty effective.



Jon

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
Sent: 30 March 2013 12:59
To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] AV+Firewall

Hi Jon

We had similar considerations and I decided to change the route.

First, Microsoft's free offerings, Windows Firewall and Windows Defender,
have been running for years with zero issues.
Second, the real threat for office users are links to bad web sites, so I
decided to implement and sign up for CSIS' Secure DNS service:

<quote>
Secure DNS protects your organization by blocking access to malicious
websites. Secure DNS is updated regularly and does not require any
administration or maintenance on your part. You can monitor the usage of
your Secure DNS service and generate reports via this personal web portal,
accessible via the following link: https://tdg.csis.dk.

Your Secure DNS account is configured to allow access from the following
IP-addresses or ranges. Please note that the list should include all fixed
IP-addresses and ranges, used by your organization to perform DNS lookups or
access the Internet.
*213.xxx.yyy.zzz/29
*213.xxx.yyy.vvv/29

In order to implement Secure DNS in your organization, you will need to
configure the DNS servers in your organization to use the following Secure
DNS IP-addresses as DNS forwarders
1.94.126.177.21
2.92.43.123.140
3.Optional: IP1 of your ISP DNS server, Google DNS or similar, for increased
redundancy.
4.Optional: IP2 of your ISP DNS server, Google DNS or similar, for increased
redundancy.

After changing the DNS forwarders, you can test if Secure DNS is working by
accessing the website www.blockedbycsis.com. If the text on the site says
Access Denied, Secure DNS is working properly.
</quote>

http://www.csis.dk/en/business/securedns/

Third, I've installed the corporate version of Heimdal to silently and
automatically update Java and the Adobe "things"  which is a _major_ relief
for the users:

https://cdn.heimdalagent.com/static/doc/Intro_HeimdalSecurityAgent_Corporate
.en.pdf

The importance of this is that from your admin login on their website you
can document what kind of security steps you have taken and that they do
work.

Even with the "corporate" label, these services are priced if not cheap then
fair.
Secure DNS is about USD 30 per user per year. Heimdal twice this.

/gustav

>>> jon at tydda.plus.com 30-03-13 13:09 >>>
So it’s that time of year when my subscriptions are up for renewal


I’ve been using ZoneAlarm Firewall for ever, and Vipre Anti-Virus for over 5
years.

I’m more than happy with both products, but when I look at the renewal
deals, it’s going to cost me £70 for 1 year’s subscription to both, or I
could get the deals and go with the whole security suite from either
company, which would be cheaper. With Vipre, I can get the “PC Lifetime
Protection” deal for £70 or pay £50 for two years’ protection from
ZoneAlarm.

What I really want to know is:

How good is ZoneAlarm’s anti-virus product?
How good is Vipre’s Firewall product?

The other thing to take into account is that most of this computer is 5
years old already, but it’s running Windows 7 & Office 2013 with no
problems, so I don’t foresee a need to replace it any time soon, although I
have just bought a new Windows 8 laptop to play with


If anyone can point me at a good deal to do both AV and Firewall, and on
more than one computer, that would be brilliant. I thought I’d seen one for
Vipre for the lifetime of 10 PCs but I can’t find it now


Any suggestions?
Jon

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