Re: [Thinkpad] Any experience with Sygate Personal Firewall 5.6?

Danijel,
This might help you w/ Zone Alarm & Internet Connection Sharing. I don't
have, nor have I ever used, Zone Alarm. So I can't offer you any more help
than this link.

http://forum.zonelabs.org/zonelabs/search?submitted=true&q=%22internet+connection+sharing%22

On 2/13/06, Danijel Domazet <Danijel.Domazet@zg.t-com.hr> wrote:
>
> I aso need help with firewall software.
>
> I use a home PC with wireless card and Thinkpad R51 connected peer-to-peer
> with each other. PC is connected to the internet (DSL), and Thinkpad is
> supposed to connect to the internet through the PC. It took me days to
> make
> this work, I could share harddisks but not the interent. However,
> god-knows-how but I managed to make my R51 reach the internet, PC being
> the
> gateway.
> The problem is, Zone Alarm Firewall on the PC will not let my Thinkpad go
> to
> the internet so I have to kill Zone Alarm if I wanted to surf. I also
> tried
> Outpost Free - the same thing happens.
> Has anyone had any GOOD experience with this kind of home network setup?
> What firewall is friendly enough?
>
> Thanks,
> Daniel
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rob Bell" <RobDBell@mailworks.org>
> To: "Andrew in Ann Arbor" <aklist04@comcast.net>
> Cc: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 2:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Any experience with Sygate Personal Firewall 5.6?
>
>
> > I'd highly recommend ISS's BlackICE PC Protection (see www.iss.net). It
> > is a good PC firewall and it also includes their 'Application
> > Protection' component which I feel is even more useful as a security
> > product than a firewall. The PC Protection component scans your clean
> > system to create a baseline of file names and checksums and then alerts
> > you (and prevents action) when an unrecognized/modified executable
> > attempts to run. This prevents all sorts of adware, spyware,
> > silent-update, autorun, etc. types of security breaches. I've had
> > multiple systems up without problems/infection/rebuilds for years in an
> > always-on cable modem Internet environment where the wife and kids are
> > using them and not always practicing safe browsing. For $39.95 this
> > product is a no-brainer.
> >
> > The only caveat is that this does require some instruction to the users
> > to understand what to do with the security pop-ups and how to
> > re-baseline the system after a legitimate software install/upgrade. Not
> > the best product for installing on a non-techie's PC and turning over to
> > them without some guidance.
> >
> > Rob
> >
> > Andrew in Ann Arbor wrote:
> >
> > > I've been having problems with my XP box in particular the blue screen
> > > of death with the message:
> > > PFN_List_corrupt
> > >
> > > Searching for this message specifically mentioned a conflict with
> Kerio
> > > Personal Firewall.
> > > So I unplugged the ethernet and removed Kerio and it hasn't crashed
> > > since.
> > > So if Kerio is the problem I need to find another firewall.
> > >
> > > I recently came across a recommendation for Sygate Personal Firewall
> > > 5.6 and was wondering is anyone had anything to report abut it.
> > > They've just been bought by Symantec so I don't expect any further
> > > developement but you can still find copies online (TuCows for instance
> > > <http://www.tucows.com/preview/213160>).
> > >
> > > Any other firewall suggestions?
> > > I'm behind a router so I'm more concerned about being alerted when
> > > something inside trues to contact the outside than about being pinged
> > > by external machines.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Andrew in Ann Arbor
> >
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