Re: Users of NAV, NSW and NIS 2004

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From: Dan (spamyou_at_user.nec)
Date: 02/12/05 

Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 13:08:22 -0700

Well, suit yourself but according to the folks at eeye the Kerio firewall has
had its share of problems. I guess I will not change you, Leythos even
though it is my passion to investigate security issues with MVP's like Gary
S. Terhune and Robear, MVP in charge of security. Have a nice day!

"Leythos" <void@nowhere.lan> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.02.12.18.58.15.268436@nowhere.lan...
: On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 10:50:24 -0700, Dan wrote:
:
: > Have you personally tried EZARMOR by Computer Associates? My dad uses
Norton
: > Antivirus and it is okay but is not as great as EZARMOR. EZARMOR even
: > removes associated registry entries after uninstalling the product and it
: > gives you many options and does not have the overhead that Norton
Antivirus
: > has. Gary S. Terhune, MVP does not suggest users to use McAfee or
Symantec
: > (Norton) products because of the amount of system resources that they
: > consume. Gary was the one responsible for leading me to the full edition
of
: > EZARMOR with their software firewall and antivirus program. EZARMOR uses
an
: > older version of ZA PRO. that does not have the tendrils as deeply into
the
: > os as newer versions of ZA PRO. have. It is really good and you should
try
: > it out, Leythos.
:
: I've not tried it this year, but have in the past, it's not something I'm
: willing to bet the farm on. We also don't run personal firewalls on
: workstations or servers, only on Laptops and for those we use Tiny or
: Kerio.
:
: As for tendrils, there are a lot of apps that don't fully remove their
: hooks from the OS/Registry, and as long as it doesn't cause me any
: problems I'm not worried about it. NAV and Symantec have been trouble-free
: in operation for a long time on our systems and our clients system, until
: we test something that provides the support and management functions
: that's better we're not likely to switch.
:
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