Bit curious about Kerio

well i've heard of kerio and its popularity etc. so i'm just wondering how about how much memory the kerio free (latest version [4.213 i think]) uses. i already know it is one of the heavier firewalls out there, but it has gotten my interest and i just want to know some basic system spec details. also, does anybody know if it impacts internet speed at all? (like quite a bit, barely, a lot, etc.)

 

Last time I tried it (4.2.2 but I think we can assume 4.2.3 is identical except for the name), it used about 26-28mb ram here and yes, it did seem to slow down browsing a little with the web filtering enabled.

 

No slow down at all for me . But , as you can see , Kerodo DID have that problem ....So , what should you take away from that ? Install it and try it . That way , you can answer the questions about what it does on YOUR system . If you do not like it , uninstall it .
That should help

 

There's no slow-down for me either, compared with several other firewalls such as Jetico, Sygate and FilSecLab to name 3 of the others I've tried. Memory usage here as I type is around 17Mb.

As Hollywoodpc says, just install it and see how it works with your system. It seems to uninstall pretty cleanly, so you won't break the computer by trying it out.

 

Same for me. No slow down noticed.

 

Yep, agreed, there is no substitute for trying it yourself. That's the only way you'll really find out..

 

How about de tiny Firewall?? The name says tiny butt is that also thr truth??

 

hmm i'm having problems trying to connect to game servers (such as cs, etc) with kerio...is there another way to get access to them without having to shut down kerio? i've already allowed the applications, yet those servers dont respond. however, other game servers work fine! i know this is a typical firewall-being-evil situation but i was wondering if theres a way to bypass it without shutting it down

 

~25-30 MB, but when I loaded into it part of Snort rules it used ~50 MB

 

Tiny Firewall (TF 2005 Pro 6.5.126)

39Mb memory useage.

Remember, Tiny is far more than a firewall - it has sandbox features, IDS/IPS (SNORT import), spawn, file, registry, dll, OLE/Com protection etc. plus a very, very robust rule-based firewall.

It is not easy to set-up though - so don't consider ti unless you wish to tinker for many hours.