Originally posted here by MsMittens
HTRegz, they didn't test out Sygate?

For those interested, here's the PDF table of firewall comparisons from Windows IT Pro Magazine.
Hey Hey,

Yeah they did.. Sysgate, MS SP2 Firewall, Privacyware and Smartline were all tested.. i just skipped over them....

PrivacyWare Privatefirewall is interesting because it doesn't support Network or User based ACLs.... simply TCP/UDP Application based stuff... It's the only firewall however that does HTML logging....

Smartline PortsLock 1.5 is nice because it'll log ot the event log and has fully logging capabilities... but no IDS or Application based ACLs..

Sysgate Secure Enterprise was what they tested.. @ $15-70/seat it is possible for it to be one of the cheaper enterprise solutions... It'll export to third party applications for it's log and will automatically restart the AV software if it isn't detected as running... It also allows for custom rules, but doesn't allow you to download new signatures like Tiny/VisNetic/CyborArmor do.

I also forgot to mention another aspect of Outpost Pro that's really nice is the ability to log to .mdb files and the spectrum of Alerts that it provides.


Thanks for bringing that up MSM.

Peace,
HT