Following up with my thoughts on Outpost...I was suprised out how different it was compared to Tiny (Kerio), and Sygate. It was so simplistic I was a bit nervous about it.

But, I was online in no time with my browser, email, and FTP. Haven't IRC'd or message'd yet, but I expect they'll probably be just as easy to configure.

There's pre-configured in a dropdown menu. Or you can right-click on an application (in the left pane), and make your own rules. The rules dialog box reminds me of making mail rules.


It has plugins that I didn't have with Sygate:
[list=1][*]Ads - removes ad images with many options[*]Content - can block words, or entire sites[*]DNS Cache [*]Active Content for mail, news, browser - ActiveX, cookies, referrers, scripts, applets, popups[*]Attachments Filter - renames and/or reports whatever extensions we'd like for email attachments, with many pre-entered: scraps, wsh, vbs, scr, reg, ect...[*]Attack Detection[/list=1]
The log is easier to get to, and read...it's right there in the browser.

Test Results:
[list=1][*]pcflank - stealth[*]GRC's shields up (all on the first row) - stealth (Leaktest passed too, still reported my referrer though)[*]dslreport - score=0[*]HackerWhacker - one smiley (couldn't do most of the tests w/o subscribing) [/list=1]