Re: Firewall -- MIDRANGE-L

Alister

In your Midrange posting, you mentioned that the "NT Guard" firewall was 
not ICSA certified.  You will find it on the certified firewall list (see 
link) under Guardian Firewall by NetGuard ( www.ntguard.com ):

http://www.icsa.net/html/communities/firewalls/certification/vendors/index.shtml

Don't want to be a nudge, but did want to set the record straight.

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use (FREE - downloadable from your web site).

John

John Myers
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At 05:10 PM 12/8/00, you wrote:
>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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