Online Armor General Discussion

My apologies everyone. I don't think the post was edited. I just had the wrong thread. I read so many yesterday, and several of them had question about Online Armor's future. Here is the thread, and it only has two post in it lol Sorry, for the wild goose chase lol http://support.emsisoft.com/topic/1...it-has-not-received-a-core-update-since-2013/

 

I hope they keep developing it, i'll buy licenses to support it as much as i can.
I like it. I like the firewall a lot, specially the firewall status windows and i love the HIPS. Probably the only true HIPS left out there along with Comodo but i trust Emsisoft more.

 

Yeah, I have depended on it since 2003. I hope development continues, but if they decide against I would like to know ASAP. I've been waiting patiently with the expectation of development to start back so I would like to know what their decision is so I can design my layered security approach accordingly. Wouldn't it be something if they decided to make the code opensouce? lol Too bad there is not someone out there as crazy about OA as I am with a lot of money to buy the code, and do that lol

 

It seems PrivateFirewall and Online Armor are both in question on continued developement decisions.

 

That isn't going to happen. OA depends on a lot of closed source third party libraries that we don't own. The code without those libraries would be worthless.

 

What about releasing a standalone BB once again, like Mamutu? I'm searching for a good HIPS/BB, but without any other component like EIS and EAM. And I don't like OA, but you probably already figured that out.

 

PFW has not been updated since more than a year now.
It's freeware, so certainly not high on their to-do list.

 

I was only attempting to be humorous in wishful way.

 

EIS has/is a classical HIPS ? OA was very powerful.

 

No, it does not have a HIPS.

 

Only BB. So a user gets smaller popups.

 

On the other hand EIS does not use any kind of HIPS but relies on our behavior blocker instead.

http://support.emsisoft.com/topic/1...rences-between-hipsfirewall-in-oa-7-vs-eis-9/

As already stated by other Wilders members.

 

Thanks for the answers. I know EAM for a long time, very good product, but I dislike if OA will be discontinued: is a very good HIPS ! I prefer HIPS than BB, and I don't find them - HIPSs - obtrusive: they do exactly what they have to do, and what I seek.

 

Yes, OA HIPS is very unobtrusive being very strong. It'll be a pity if they ditch it.

 

Yes, I think Online Armor is by far the most unobtrusive HIPS. It uses a humongous white list to prevent the user from being prompted about harmless actions. Online Armor is also one of the most robust HIPS as well.

 

Yes I know, as you can see I'm really desperate for a good HIPS/BB, that I'm even willing to ask questions that I already know the answer on.

 

What OS are you using?

 

I'm on Win 8 (8.1) and I'm not satisfied with any HIPS at the moment. SpyShelter could have been great, but rules management and the event viewer is a mess. And GUI is very important to me, that's why I'm so picky.

 

What about Outpost?

 

Didn't like it, the last time I tried. But let's not hijack the thread.

 

End of Online Armor
http://blog.emsisoft.com/2015/03/31/emsisoft-online-armor-support-roadmap/

 

It was just a matter of time.

 

Can't say I'm surprised though I am disappointed. Guess I'll have to move my license(s) over.

 

Online Armor is good firewall but best is use EIS and full control in hand.