Jetico Personal Firewall

I wish jetico firewall will be as good as looknstop about the full control on filtering packet (Arp, igmp, Tcp fragment flag, sipp-esp, etc...)

 

Does anyone knows if this firewall will stay freeware after the beta stage

 

No one? I wrote the developers an e-mail but also no answer. Is this a secret?

 

I hope they will let it stay as Freeware.

 

It sometimes takes them several days to answer emails. Depends on how busy they are etc. Plus, they may not even know themselves whether it'll be freeware or not. We can only hope...

 

Hi! I think it will cost money. They will most likely have bundle of their other products plus this firewall. Pricing isn't final yet and watch out for november

 

Ok thx guys

 

Hi all, gkweb made a test to Jetico:
http://www.firewallleaktester.com/tests.htm

 

The test was made with Jetico 1.0.1.21
last Jetico is 1.0.1.31, I hope this is going to have better results, because of this:
14. The firewall now detects outbound attacks illustrated by PCAudit test program in Windows Server 2003. Several issues in the firewall interface are fixed (drag-and-drop from the left to right pane in Configuration tab, synchronization between left and right panes). (24-September-2004 release, version 1.0.1.31 beta).
could it be?
it failed de pc audit test.
what could gkweb tell us about this, he is the only one who knows about this, the real specialist.
At least Jetico goes on the right way. In this test one of the best.
Thanks gkweb for the test.

 

Informative information a good read indeed.

gkweb do you have tutorials on your website about the firewalls you tested and most common rule sets?

 

News from jetico:

15. Firewall logging subsystem significantly improved. Drag'n'drop for tables is implemented in configuration editor. Configuration editor's panes content is synchronized correctly now. Systray menu items fixed for Windows 9x. Long file names are reported now for all network accessing applications. (28-October-2004 release, version 1.0.1.40 beta).

 

New version released, seems they are getting close to release:

 

JETICO 1.0.1.41 works perfect, maybe that´s why it is a release candidate, the only thing is missing is the news about free or shareware!!!
I like it too much, in this days I was having a try to tiny that is a very good one, and of course I like it, and not so complicate as many people say, but I prefere Jetico for the way I can manage application rules, and if jetico is going to be free ( I think all of us would like it ) I will use it, no doubt!!!
So that only one news is missing: free or shareware.

 

Another beta released today (v1.0.42). I wanted to test just this one, but I would rather classify it as Aplha version than RC. Each time I tried to edit/modify network rules in the window popping up when some application wanted to access network, it crashed promptly, screwing my system along with. Perhaps there's some conflict with my other runnning progs, ex. PG, but it is not usable this way. Last time it left me with unbootable system, and the only solution was to restore a previous disk image with my W2K Pro. Jetico has a long way to go before I give it another try.

Isnogood

 

16. The problem of compatibility with Symantec drivers used in Norton AntiVirus is solved. Log file entries now are correctly saved when computer shuts down. Problem of compatibility with Avast! Antivirus v.4.5 is solved. (19-November-2004 release, version 1.0.1.42 Release Candidate)

 

Several people have had problems with it apparently. I didn't, but I'm not using it anymore anyway. To me, the interface is a little overly complicated when it doesn't need to be. And there are some issues I had with it allowing packets to ports with listening apps. I had high hopes for it, but it does not seem to be a complete product yet.

 

I do not bother to try it at all. There are reasons for this. I bet that once Jetico becomes a formal product (instead of beta), it's not going to be free. At least, if there is a free version, most of its useful functions will be disabled. In my view, there are two reasons for the 'free' beta. One reason is that, with the 'free' beta, it can attract users to try it, and some of them will fall in love with it, and pay the money to buy the formal product at the end. In this case, the 'free' beta acts as a bait. Another reason for the free beta is that, the users work just as a beta tester. In this case, the company are using these beta testers without a pay check. How much would the company have to pay to hire a software tester? It would be somewhere around $20~$40 per hour, I guess. So, how many hours have you put into beta testing their 'free' software and reported the bugs?

 

kerodo,

So wat are u using now... just curious since u started the threadn got me looking at it...

 

I totally agree Yahoo. More than likely it wont be free and if it is like you said it will probably be some crippled version. I don't have the money to spend on a firewall so im not even going to waist my time being there guinea pig. Its fun though to watch whats out there and coming to the market though. It sounds like this one still has a long ways to go!

 

I already know it wont be free. If you install Jetico and click the Help menu item you can see purchase options faded out.

 

I'm using VisNetic Firewall now. No app control, but I don't really need it. It's a rules based firewall, simple, clean, no bugs to speak of, and it gets the job done for me. My favorite...

 

I tried Jetico and immediately had problems with it locking up my computer, 1.3G AMD, XP Home, 512 RAM, SP2, and right after a reformat and clean install so I know the drive didn't have any leftover junk on it.

I've gone back to Visnetic 2.2. It doesn't have app controls as was mentioned before, but it's a solid, reliable, firewall that's easy to set up and use.

 

Chuck57... If you're interested, VisNetic has a new beta 2.2.5.xxxx out. Apparently they've been working on it again for the past few months. You can find it here:

http://blogs.deerfield.com/security.php

VisNetic (or 8Signs, they're virtually identical), is a great firewall. I love the simplicity of it and it's apparently got a good implementation of stateful inspection from what I've heard.

Some people simply can't do without app control, but I find I don't really need it. I'm pretty safe here. And the freedom you get without it is really nice. You don't have to constantly OK different apps for internet access every time you install something or change one. Just set up your rules for whatever ports and addresses you need, and that's it. I really like it.

 

I use Visnetic (8signs) in conjunction with Snortsam, www.snortsam.net
which is a plug-in to have 8signs auto-block intrusion attempts (IPS) with Snort rules. And they work great together!

Cheers
Lowen