On Sunday 17 February 2008 09:55:53 pm Basil Chupin wrote:
Is ZoneAlarm, and similar, capable of preventing back-door traffic, both inbound and outbound, inbuilt into Windows systems?
Short answer, no. ZA is a very untrustworthy application. I wouldn't touch it with the proverbial ten foot pole. Of course, a hardware firewall is the best protection against any attack. A good router should have firewall software built in. Second - and often in line with the hardware fireall - would be software. I use Outpost on my Wintendo machine at home. http://www.agnitum.com/ I've heard good reviews (from known derelict types) of Kapersky ( http://usa.kaspersky.com/products_services/internet-security.php ) and even LavaSoft ( http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/lavasoft_personal_firewall.php ). There's no reason ever to go with Zone Alarm, Norton or McAffee. Sorry for the OT post, but I know many of you probably still use Wintendo out there. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org