Is there a free firewall that passes all test at sygate site?

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  1. zorrozorrito

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    I am looking for a free firewall that passes all test at http://.scan.sygate.com
    (not zonealarm please). Because I have proved agnitum free, sygate free and kerio free, and when I test them in stealth mode, they don´t pass it!!!
    If someone tells me about a free one thay provides application traffic filtering and passes the sygate stealth test it would be good. Thanks for answering my friends
     
  2. BlitzenZeus

    BlitzenZeus Security Expert

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    I just passed with Kerio 2x just fine if you look past all the possible FUD which is possibly causing all the confusion, but with that many firewalls I would account part of is to not knowing how to configure the programs properly. Even the XP firewall can fully pass those tests.

    Their webmaster is a moron, the links to the other tests don't show up in non-ie browsers, at least in Firefox. I hate when I have to use IE because they are too lazy to make a web page to standards.

    They think a closed reply to a tcp port is bad, and this proves they are spreading FUD once again as a stealth block is no more secure than a closed response. These people don't seem to be aware of how tcp/ip protcols need to work.

    Not to mention their udp scanner is giving incorrect information, they are listed as open if when they are stealthed, aka blocked, or dropped.

    This test has FUD all over it! I know what all the results meant, and which ones were falsely reported. Do not depend on these results, they are full of FUD aka BS unless you are smart enough to realize what they are reporting incorrectly :cool:

    BTW, I run a closed response ruleset, and with one toggle of a setting I go from full stealth to letting my operating system send replies back to closed ports. I did the tests twice, once running as closed response as I normally do, and once stealthed... As long as there are no open ports your fine, and if there are its a configuration issue on your end unless its possibly reporting a udp port open when its actually being blocked.
     
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  3. Mongol

    Mongol Registered Member

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    Sygate should pass their own test, it does for me. Just be sure to go through every single application after install and click on advanced settings. Then unclick allow icmp pings and allow server rights. Its a pain but Sygate allows server rights and icmp pings by default. :rolleyes:
     
  4. Infinity

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    I hope they do, otherwise things aren't looking that good for them :D

    sygate tests are good
     
  5. ronjor

    ronjor Global Moderator

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    I tried the latest version of Sygate yesterday. Bazooka zipped right through it while updating.

    It is no longer on this machine.
     
  6. Infinity

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    it sure wouldn't be on my machine if this happend here ;)
     
  7. notageek

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    Looks like I passed with the new build of sygate. But think the test that was listed and the one I took was to read you compter not check your ports. :)

    We have determined that your IP address is 000.000.000.000
    This is the public IP address that is visible to the internet.
    Note: this may not be your IP address if you are connecting through a router, proxy or firewall.


    Trying to gather information from your web browser...
    Operating System = Windows 98 (Not my OS)
    Browser = Opera 5.02 (Not my browser)

    Trying to find out your computer name...

    Unable to determine your computer name!

    Trying to find out what services you are running...

    Unable to detect any running services!
     
  8. notageek

    notageek Registered Member

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    oops I did the wrong test I didn't do the stealth test sorry. Here's my resulrts for the stealth test with the lasted version of sygate.

    Service

    Ports

    Status

    Additional Information
    FTP DATA

    20

    BLOCKED

    This port has not responded to any of our probes. It appears to be completely stealthed.
    FTP

    21

    BLOCKED

    This port has not responded to any of our probes. It appears to be completely stealthed.
    SSH

    22

    BLOCKED

    This port has not responded to any of our probes. It appears to be completely stealthed.
    TELNET

    23

    BLOCKED

    This port has not responded to any of our probes. It appears to be completely stealthed.
    SMTP

    25

    BLOCKED

    This port has not responded to any of our probes. It appears to be completely stealthed.
    DNS

    53

    BLOCKED

    This port has not responded to any of our probes. It appears to be completely stealthed.
    DCC

    59

    BLOCKED

    This port has not responded to any of our probes. It appears to be completely stealthed.
    FINGER

    79

    BLOCKED

    This port has not responded to any of our probes. It appears to be completely stealthed.
    WEB

    80

    BLOCKED

    This port has not responded to any of our probes. It appears to be completely stealthed.
    POP3

    110

    BLOCKED

    This port has not responded to any of our probes. It appears to be completely stealthed.
    IDENT

    113

    BLOCKED

    This port has not responded to any of our probes. It appears to be completely stealthed.
    NetBIOS

    139

    BLOCKED

    This port has not responded to any of our probes. It appears to be completely stealthed.
    HTTPS

    443

    BLOCKED

    This port has not responded to any of our probes. It appears to be completely stealthed.
    Server Message Block

    445

    BLOCKED

    This port has not responded to any of our probes. It appears to be completely stealthed.
    SOCKS PROXY

    1080

    BLOCKED

    This port has not responded to any of our probes. It appears to be completely stealthed.
    SOURCE PORT

    2327

    BLOCKED

    This is the port you are using to communicate to our Web Server. A firewall that uses Stateful Packet Inspection will show a 'BLOCKED' result for this port.
    WEB PROXY

    8080

    BLOCKED

    This port has not responded to any of our probes. It appears to be completely stealthed.

    You have blocked all of our probes! We still recommend running this test both with
    and without Sygate Personal Firewall enabled... so turn it off and try the test again.


    Looks like I passed. :)
     
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