Proactive Security (HIPS) or Fwl?

Can I use SSM or ProSecurity instead of a regular Firewall (such as ZA, OA, COMODO or others)?

Is it sufficient to obtain a good security or these are real two different products, not comparable and with not the same purposes?

Thanks in advance to everyone would illuminate me
Best regards.
Mike

 

Theyre different products. HIPS dont provide inbound protection from hackers.

Though if you already have a router or hardware firewall, you can use HIPS for outbound protection.

 

Thank you for your reply.

Mike

 

Dynamic Security Agent (DSA) is a combination firewall & HIPS. Whereas ProSecurity only covers outgoing, DSA covers inbound as well as outgoing. However, DSA's firewall component is pretty much set-it-forget-it. If you like tweaking, choose something else -- there's very little to configure with DSA.

For a HIPS with a full-on power firewall, have a look at Online Armor. OA is the swiss-army-knife of malware protection.

 

Hi Bellgamin.
OA is exactely what i would on my PC (Fwl+HIPS). I'm going to test onboard.
I can add that ZA Pro (or other fwl) + HIPS are more expensive than only one product like OA, I think.

 

Prosecurity handles both incoming and outgoing connections. If you're behind a firewalled router then PS is sufficient imo.

 

I do not know of any stand-alone HIPS application (including Prosecurity) that even *claims* to provide incoming firewall capability of any significant effectiveness whatsoever.

However, "if you're behind a firewalled router" (as the poster said) then you don't actually need ANY additional incoming protection. In fact a "firewalled" router isn't really essential, per se. Just about any old NAT (Network Address Translation) router will suffice -- even a cheapie.

 

I don't know if it has full on firewall capabilities but from personal experience it does allow you to control inbound connections to applications.