Re: Firewall

http://www.icsa.net/html/labs/ certifies firewalls, has a list of those 
certified, and a buyer's guide with security tips & advice for selecting 
firewalls.  Their lab has approx 40 different firewalls continuously setup, 
against which they test the latest security alert risks as they are 
discovered.  Their web site lists the approx 40 products that they have 
certified, by vendor & by product - you can click on details of their 
Firewall Lab Reports for whichever product you interested in.

They also publish Information Security Magazine, have TrueSecure software & 
services, run NTBugtraq, and are involved in a bunch of computer security 
consortiums described on their web site.

My interest is a bit different than that of Al Barsa's.
My apartment complex is getting high speed internet service & I am very 
interested, but previously with dial up AOL I did not think I needed firewall 
on my personal PC, but with connected all the time to the internet it is a 
definite must.  So I am attempting to get up to personal speed on what all is 
involved.
Unfortunately when I tried to register at the ICSA site for getting free 
downloads of firewall education, I experienced some Oracle error messages, 
which I forwarded to their webmaster.

One thought I had had was to stick with Norton products, since I already have 
NAV & Norton has a firewall product, but I see from the ICSA certification 
that Norton is not on their list.  A lot of people have suggested Zone Alarm 
which also is not here.

Other folks responding to Al Barsa have praised Sonic Wall, which is 
certified by ICSA, and NT guard which is not.  I did not check exhaustively 
vs. all the other posts but suggest other folks interested in firewalls check 
out your favorite selection here & find out why your favorite vendor is not 
here if in fact that is the case.  I suspect that ICSA is not connected to 
AS/400 reality for example.

MacWheel99@aol.com (Alister Wm Macintyre) (Al Mac)
AS/400 Data Manager & Programmer for BPCS 405 CD Rel-02 mixed mode (twinax 
interactive & batch) @ http://www.cen-elec.com Central Industries of 
Indiana--->Quality manufacturer of wire harnesses and electrical 
sub-assemblies - fax # 812-424-6838

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