NetVeda 3.61 released

Guess apps like Norton keep the memory market alive.

 

I continue to trying the NetVeda and I'm very impressed...

It's very stable, use very low resources, easy to use, great protection, and all these for FREE!!!

 

Hi guys,

Anyone switch from ZoneAlarm (I have the Pro version) to NetVeda? If so, can you give my your reasons and any experiences.

Thanks.

Rich

 

Rich....If you are a family man....you will love the filters...from "erasure" feature
that prevents someone young from giving out real name...address..phone no.
If you have a small lan....it only has to be on one machine.
Pretty much ready to go out of the box....the app control I believe matches the
big boys.
For example: On a alarm...It will show what launched it....like a leak test.
or if something has changed....a list of dlls. There is a 60 second timer..and
if you don't answer in that time....your connection times out....that's nice
if you happen to be away from your PC at the time. You can set it up to 120 seconds if you want more time to check them out.

 

This firewall sounds great and I'm anxious to compare it to ZA, which works well for me but is a resource hog and causes slow startups!

Having visited NetVeda's website, I presume you guys are raving about their Safety.Net product, is that correct?

Thanks

 

pvsurfer....that is correct....You can also get it from download.com
you dont have to fill out the info form then.

There is also some reviews...but I dont think I'd try what that one guy is
doing....Using with Sygate FW.

http://www.download.com/3000-10435_4-10304573.html

here is a screen shot

http://www.snapfilespro.com/gnomescreen.php?id=108782

 

Thanks a lot for the info and screen-shot. I use a wireless router to share my internet connection with another PC in the house. Is there anything I should know about using Safety.Net in this regard?

 

Sorry....I'm on a solo PC....but Arub uses it on his wifes machine....I'm sure
he or clansman can help you on that..or answer your questions.

Here is the forums addy....and I hear Email questions are answered quite promptly.

http://forums.netveda.com/

 

pvsurfer,

Just select router configuration under the Internet zone, thats all.

JW, I am Arup with a P, not a B.

 

NetVeda 3.61 is a great little firewall but like Clansman reported at one time I'm getting corrupt downloads. I tried the solution he offered (creating a new application rule for Free Download Manager under Groups...then create a rule under Security>Advanced Internet Firewall that goes Outbound>Allow>Services All>Application FDM>Local/Remote Network All) yet I still get corruption. The only way I've found so far to download without corruption using NetVeda is to give Free Download Manager full access via Default User>Application Control> Full Access, but I feel vulnerable resorting to that. I've never had this kind of problem with any other firewall before. Any ideas?

 

Just limit FDM to outbound port 80 TCP.

 

I just installed this firewall, but I could use some help with its initial configuration. I use a DSL modem and a router to share the internet with my wife's PC.

Under Network Adapter Configuration, I don't know which of the following two:

_3Com Gigabit LOM
_WAN Miniport

I should check for each of the following two categories:

Internet
LAN Adapters

This newbie really needs some guidance here!

 

Internet = wan miniport
internetLAN = 3com

if that doesn't work out, try their support directly via email. They're very helpful

edit... stupidity!

 

no 13: If I understand your reply correctly, you are suggesting I check BOTH boxes under the Internet category. Is that correct?

Should I also check both boxes under the LAN Adapter category?

 

NO NO

under internet... ONLY "WAN MINPORT"
under LAN... the remaining one which is usually the LAN card name [or router, if using USB]

 

Ok, I'll try that setup... thanks!

 

Also make sure to select Router configuration in NetVeda.

 

Hmm, it sounds as if I have similar hardware to NetVeda Newbie, but (no offense intended) the advice from NetVeda's Tech Support differs from yours!

Since I too didn't know what to check in the very same sections, when e-mailed Tech Support, their reply was "'3Com Gigabit LOM' appears to be the right choice".

What would be the tell-tale signs that I checked the wrong device in the Internet / LAN Adapters sections?

 

Well...

If your firewall keeps jumping up and down about LAN access when you're using the internet, or vice versa, then i gues it should be a problem symptom. Or when you're getting NO prompts AT ALL.

Please remember Arup's advice as well. routing config MUST be set properly.

.

 

I have 'NAT Router' checked and everything seems to be working ok with my present settings, but who really knows?

 

How do you like NetVeda so far Pvsurfer?...once you explore it...you'll find
out if offers a lot of options.

 

It's not bad, but I think I'm going back to ZA. I find ZA's program-access controls more robust (and more intuitive to use) than any other firewall I've tried!

 

Pvsurfer.....Hmmmm I'm just the opposite...NetVeda is easier for me to
understand. I was just not comfortable with ZA and how it does things.

But I have to believe using Outpost first...helped me with NetVeda.

Well as long as they keep the "bedbugs" from biting...that is what is improtant
and how a person feels with the product they are using.

 

ZA is quite good except for rule creation, creating a outbound port 80 block in NetVeda, Kerio, Sygate, Jetico was a breeze, till today I can't figure out how to do it in ZA.

 

hey, didya check out what we all did in our configs?
Check out the previous posts, becuase we have enabled component control and 'ask' on new program access, so I feel it's waay better than ZA, and very very light.
has 2 services running at any time [firewall, taskbar icon] with about 6.4 MB RAM usage, 128MB VM size... no appreciable hit on performance.

PS... if you do go further with NetVeda, do check out how Just Wondering set up rules for explorer.exe... it's kinda important, and educates you of how strong is component control is, and how well it works.