OA Firewall (review)

Discussion in 'other firewalls' started by Stem, Mar 19, 2007.

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  1. dave88

    dave88 Registered Member

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    This looks very promising, I really like the built in support for blocklists. making peerguardian or protowall unnecessary.
     
  2. MikeNash

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    Have you given it a try yet? I think we'll be releasing in the next few days if the next build pans out.


    Mike
     
  3. Baldrick

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    Hi Mike

    Has the compatibility problem with KIS been resolved? I noted this when the beta first came out, ie, KIS users advised not to install. Have not seen anything on this since.

    Would like to check out non firewall features of OA2 but do not dare until this issue has been resolved.

    Thanks in advance.:D
     
  4. MikeNash

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    Hi Baldrick,

    Yes, the KIS issue is resolved... I will be uploading a release candidate later today/tomorrow depending on the feedback of our beta test team.

    Cheers

    Mike
     
  5. Baldrick

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    Hi Mike

    Thanks for the prompt reply. That's great...will watch out for the RC, download it and have a good look. Am still looking for a PG replacement. Have narrowed the field so the OA RC will be most opportune to be added into the mix. Looking forward to it.

    Regards


    Baldrick:D
     
  6. Baldrick

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    Hi Mike

    As a matter of interest I am not a beta tester so where will I be able to get hold of the release candidate once it is releasedo_O Will there be a specific website for this or will you be posting a link at Wilderso_O
     
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  8. lu_chin

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    Hi Baldrick, last night I was able to install and ran OA 2.0 beta build 169 with KIS 6 build 671 running. I had disabled the OA firewall component since running OA's firewall together with KIS 6's firewall would have conflicts (and I had tried it in the past and got extremely slow Windows login and eventual lockup). Since I could not find any option to not install OA's firewall during installation, I had to wait for installation to finish, then chose not to reboot my PC and finally manually disabled OA's firewall from the OA GUI before rebooting. After rebooting, OA worked smoothly with KIS 6 (with PDM enabled).

    Hope this helps.

     
  9. MikeNash

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    I certainly will :)
     
  10. acr1965

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    Has anyone ran SSM alongside Online Armor with OA's Program Shield running? I am running OA2 now with the program guard disabled while SSM (full) is enabled.

    If I should run just one (either SSM or OA Program Shield) how do these two compare and contrast? Essentially does the Program Shield provide the same or better protection as SSM full? I ran both for a short while and noticed no conflicts. But then decided to just run one at a time. I would rather not have protection overlapping when it would save resources to just run one.

    BTW- I have ran Web Shield with SSM for a while and there seems to be no issues.
     
  11. WSFuser

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    afaik OA lacks teh child/parent control of SSM.
     
  12. lu_chin

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    For me, SSM offers more fine-grained process, registry, etc. control and protection than OA. I normally only run OA to allow/disallow applications that I tend to keep and run for a long time. I use SSM when I am testing suspicious (and usually transient) files.

     
  13. danny9

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    Stem,
    Just wanted to thank you for your review of the OA firewall.
    Some excellent info and I found it very useful.
    Downloaded the trial a few days ago of v. 2.0.1.190.
    Looks like it maybe a keeper
    Again, thanks for your time and efforts.:D
    It is appreciated!
    All the Best, Dan
     
  14. Stem

    Stem Firewall Expert

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    Hi Dan,
    Your welcome. I do need to look again at any changes made since my origin post. I will update(when I can)

    Regards,
     
  15. JRCATES

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    Yes, Stem....please do. ;)

    Thanks again :thumb:
     
  16. Bio-Hazard

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    Loooking forward your updates. Thank you Stem for doing these test! :thumb:
     
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