Which personal firewalls would you like to see tested ?

Hello,

as I am in the process of updating my "Firewall leak tester"'s tests, I am requesting you which software personal firewall (with application filtering) would you like to see tested in addition to the popular ones ?
I cannot assure you that every requested firewall will be tested, but I'll do my best to test as much as possible.

To the moderators, I hope this post is ok regarding forum rules, I was not sure at first.

Regards,
gkweb.

 

I would like to see all of the firewalls tested previously, with perhaps the beta version of KIS? Maybe Prevx1 in expert or pro mode since it does have an outbound control. Filseclab and Netveda.net would be good additions, because you might be able to make those companies get their act in gear

Thanks for the time you put into testing, many appreciate your effort.

Alphalutra1

 

I would like to see CoreForce, Netveda and Tiny Firewall in that test.

 

NetVeda, Filseclab, and know the info about the free versions of Kerio and ZoneAlarm...

 

mcafee personal firewall
mcafee desktop firewall
black ice pc protection
webroot desktop firewall

 

Hi gkweb,

That would be great to have different tests - or a comment on their different results - for Free/Full FW versions (ZA and Kerio), and maybe BlackIce and FireBall could be tested too?

Cheers,
nicM

 

There aqre other things to consider than passing a leaktest . Fireball is a big letdown . Do not know if it will pass all the leaktests as I never got that far . It looked good but , nope . Not to be . Just remember . Passing leaktests are only part of the puzzle . It will be great for gk to do this . Certainly helpful . But , do not choose based soley on this .

 

Hi,
All firewalls you can come up with.
Mrk

 

Filseclab Pro....and possibly all the firewalls that you can grab to in the net. Please, kindly includes free firewalls coz I think some of them works fine like the paid ones.

 

Netveda, filescab.

 

Sunbelt Kerio 4.2.3 free and paid (with advanced, not simple settings)
ZA free and Pro
Outpost 3.5
KIS 6 beta release candidate (most recent version at the time of testing)


Good luck with this. A lot of work but it has been helpful to many so thank you ahead of time.

 

Please test Comodo personal fw.

 

Can you test Jetico as now it's out of Beta and you had it as a beta in your last tests!?

 

gkweb-
That's very cool, looking forward to a good read. I have more of a question than a request. Do programs like AppDefend, Safe 'n' Sec, and Prevx1 have a place in your testing since they are not traditional firewalls?

 

Se7engreen,

I am testing personal firewalls, which are more and more adding "sandbox like" features to overcome their weaknesses. Because of this new trend(?), I am taking this in count by now in my next tests.
A perfect example is for instance Outpost, which is a personal firewall, but which has added a generic memory modification protection to block leaktests such as Copycat.

However, a product which is above all a system sandbox/pure application monitoring, such as mentionned AppDefend/PrevX/ProcessGuard etc... will not be tested in the scoreboard, even if there is a part of the product dealing with network (as with Appdefend and basic outbound requests).
These kind of product are evaluated differently and rewarded in the "4 - Rewards" page (that I will also update).

There is a difference between a firewall warning you about a network access, and a product asking you if you whish to allow a global hook using a "mysterious" DLL. The gap is becomming everyday thinner, so the rules may change in the future.

I hope it answers your question

@All
Filseclab and Netveda will be tested

 

Tiny Firewall
McAfee Personal Firewall Plus
Netveda
Filescab
Webroot Desktop Firewall

 

I am unable to find a trial version of "McAfee Personal Firewall Plus", it seems that you can only buy it.

 

check here fot the trial download. and heres teh trial for mcafee desktop firewall

 

Thanks you very much
Do you know the difference between the both version ?

 

nope, i never used mcafee personal firewall plus tho i did try desktop firewall once.

 

antihacker from kaspersky?

 

Kerio Personal Firewall 4.23

I realy like it.

 

Coreforce and Filsclab. Thanks.

 

Za
Outpost
Kerio
Kaspersky
Trend Micro

Free and Full

Thanks for your good work !