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21st January 2008, 10:15 PM
|  | Security Team | | Join Date: Dec 2007, 2,555 posts. Location: Tulsa, OK Reputation:  | | | Do Not Rely on Comodo 3’s ‘Basic Firewall’
From Scott's Newsletter Forums. Looks like Comodo 3 is no better then the Windows built in firewall. Quote: |
I have learned directly from Comodo executives that the Basic Firewall installation option of Comodo 3 does not offer any outbound leak protection whatsoever. They may add that protection in a future version of Comodo 3.x. The Basic Firewall option turns off Comodo 3’s Defense+ HIPS module, which provides the leak protection for Comodo 3.
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21st January 2008, 10:59 PM
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Oh wow, that`s very interesting and if true, very disappointing.
Personally, I`ve always used Zonealarm, which I know for a fact does have outbound leak protection.
Regards Howard  |
22nd January 2008, 02:32 AM
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I have been using the PC Tools Free Firewall for a while now and like it.
Someone just tested Comodo with GRC Leaktest and it passed. So I wonder how accurate the article is.
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22nd January 2008, 02:45 AM
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Exactly, you have to wonder. If the article is correct, then you`d expect for the news to be confirmed elsewhere.
Regards Howard |
22nd January 2008, 05:13 PM
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I've used Kerio for a long time; did have paid sub until I got this new puter, now just using the free version. seems to work ok, but belarc review says my security sucks on this thing 
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22nd January 2008, 08:08 PM
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Kerio is perfectly ok vikki.
In what way does it say your security isn`t upto scratch?
Regards Howard |
22nd January 2008, 08:19 PM
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Not sure on this but looks like Vista's firewall does have outbound leak protection.
Feel free to correct me if I am wrong
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22nd January 2008, 08:24 PM
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Yes, I think you`re right there mate.
You could always test your firewall HERE.
Regards Howard
Last edited by Howard; 22nd January 2008 at 08:26 PM.
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22nd January 2008, 08:28 PM
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Not suggesting using Vista firewall, just that it simply had outbound leak protection which is better than not having it
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22nd January 2008, 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by howard_hopkinso  Exactly, you have to wonder. If the article is correct, then you`d expect for the news to be confirmed elsewhere.
Regards Howard | Looks as if he did talk to a Comodo Rep. Only may have misunderstood the conversation. Quote: |
Now, I and Egemen had a chat (phone call) with Scott last week about our firewall. There we explained its capabilities. At no stage did we say CPF has no "outbound leak protection"!!! I am surprised that he just ran that story with that misunderstanding. Very sad indeed! Obviously Scott must have misunderstood some of what we said. Of course CFP v3 in simple firewall mode has "outbound protection" and a pretty good one too! The Leak resistance (eg: protection against malware killing the firewall etc) comes from Defense+ (which is built into v3!).
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22nd January 2008, 10:33 PM
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Thanks for the update mate.
So, it looks like it was a misunderstanding then.
Regards Howard |
25th January 2008, 02:14 PM
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The plot thickens.
Scotts response. His Reply
Looks like his complaint/warning may be a valid point.
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