05-11-2004, 10:31 AM
Hi LochnarITB,
I'm going to try my best. Here we go:
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firewalls - scandalous security gaps ( PC Professionell issue 3/2004)
Many firewalls lull their users with deceptive safeness. In their testlab, pc professionel simulates over 1800 hacker attacks and annuls 20 common firewalls with web attacks and trojans.
introduction
Personal firewalls insecure?
Many producers wholeheartedly praise their firewalls. Market leader Symantec for example promises on the package of Norton Personal Firewall 2004: The program keeps hackers at bay and personal data classified. Amongst other things spyware programs and trojan horses are said to not send data via internet unnoticed anymore.
But neither Symantec nor Agnitum (in Germany: Buhl Fire Alarm) nor almost all other firewalls in the test keep such promises. Even a single security gap can mean that an attacker can spy, abuse or destroy data. When applied in an enterprise, the existence of the whole company is at risk.
And even the common firewall Zone Alarm isn't safe: unblocked 'denial-of-service' attacks can paralyze pcs and networks through 5 gaps. Moreover 2 out of 3 leak-tests wind up negatively. This means that attackers are able to conduct systematic data espionage by the use of trojan attacks. In such a case, the firewall security is inadequate.
Only Sygate Personal Firewall 5.5 Pro blocked every dangerous attack in the testlab. To test whether the software really stops trojans, pc professionel uses 3 simulations that are accredited by experts, which every desktop firewall should block: Programs try to send data from the user pc to the internet under a false name.
For one the simulation Firehole disguises itself as Internet Explorer. Though most firewalls promise that thanks to them trojans can not call home, only Sygate, Kerio and Tiny blow the cover of these test attacks.
The tools of Norman, Internet Security Alliance and Agnitum/Buhl at least fall for just one assault. All other tools, among them famous names like McAfee, Norton Personal Firewall 2004 and Zone Alarm, let pass at least 2 out of three of these attacks.
1800 assaults with different grades of peril in the test reveal how well firewalls bear up against hackers.
10 of 23 software firewalls pass all test hacks without error. These are apart from test winner Sygate the following: Hackersmacker and Freedom firewall, but also the products of NT Kernel, Kaspersky, Internet Security Alliance, Omniquad, ISS, Deerfield and Cyber Firewall 2003 by Pearl.
With only one error at the most dangerous attacks, the products of Norman, McAfee and Symantec deliver a sufficient protection against hacks yet. If a desktop firewall lets pass five or more perilous attacks, this cannot be considered acceptable anymore: this blunder happens to the programs of Kerio, Tiny, Agnitum/Buhl, Zonelabs, Armor 2 Net, Software Appliance, Surfsecret and Secure Up.
In the category hardware firewall eight tested devices under 350 euros parry all hacker attacks with high danger potential. Among these devices, Zyxel Zywall 2 got the recommendation of the editorial staff. While hardware firewalls are an essential protection against hackers for users that are online for more than an hour daily, they do not help against trojans, which send personal data to spies in the internet. To block these, users definitely should run a good software firewall contemporaneously to the hardware one.
Only three out of eleven hardware firewalls show problems: Draytek lets pass one dangerous assault, Linksys two and Longshine even five.
test winner
Software: Sygate Personal Firewall 5.5 Pro (distribution: BHV)
Sygates Firewall 5.5 in the pro version is the only software firewall that doesn't let pass a single of the over 1800 simulated assault and gives none of the conducted trojan attacks a break.
In the test is the paid full version including Intrusion Detection as well as protection against Spoofing.
On the 13.02.04, the German version, that wasn't available to press date, is announced to get onto market. It will carry the appendix Platinum and get special live updates online.
Best software firewalls:
1. Sygate Personal Firewall 5.5 Pro: 84,5
2. Norman Personal Firewall 1.4: 79,5
3. Farstone Hackersmacker 2.0: 73,4
4. NAI McAfee Personal Firewall Plus: 67,8
5. NT Kernel Personal Firewall: 66,1
(maximum: 100 points)
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Well, that's it. Hope this helps... :)
Greetings, Fragbait
I'm going to try my best. Here we go:
>>
firewalls - scandalous security gaps ( PC Professionell issue 3/2004)
Many firewalls lull their users with deceptive safeness. In their testlab, pc professionel simulates over 1800 hacker attacks and annuls 20 common firewalls with web attacks and trojans.
introduction
Personal firewalls insecure?
Many producers wholeheartedly praise their firewalls. Market leader Symantec for example promises on the package of Norton Personal Firewall 2004: The program keeps hackers at bay and personal data classified. Amongst other things spyware programs and trojan horses are said to not send data via internet unnoticed anymore.
But neither Symantec nor Agnitum (in Germany: Buhl Fire Alarm) nor almost all other firewalls in the test keep such promises. Even a single security gap can mean that an attacker can spy, abuse or destroy data. When applied in an enterprise, the existence of the whole company is at risk.
And even the common firewall Zone Alarm isn't safe: unblocked 'denial-of-service' attacks can paralyze pcs and networks through 5 gaps. Moreover 2 out of 3 leak-tests wind up negatively. This means that attackers are able to conduct systematic data espionage by the use of trojan attacks. In such a case, the firewall security is inadequate.
Only Sygate Personal Firewall 5.5 Pro blocked every dangerous attack in the testlab. To test whether the software really stops trojans, pc professionel uses 3 simulations that are accredited by experts, which every desktop firewall should block: Programs try to send data from the user pc to the internet under a false name.
For one the simulation Firehole disguises itself as Internet Explorer. Though most firewalls promise that thanks to them trojans can not call home, only Sygate, Kerio and Tiny blow the cover of these test attacks.
The tools of Norman, Internet Security Alliance and Agnitum/Buhl at least fall for just one assault. All other tools, among them famous names like McAfee, Norton Personal Firewall 2004 and Zone Alarm, let pass at least 2 out of three of these attacks.
1800 assaults with different grades of peril in the test reveal how well firewalls bear up against hackers.
10 of 23 software firewalls pass all test hacks without error. These are apart from test winner Sygate the following: Hackersmacker and Freedom firewall, but also the products of NT Kernel, Kaspersky, Internet Security Alliance, Omniquad, ISS, Deerfield and Cyber Firewall 2003 by Pearl.
With only one error at the most dangerous attacks, the products of Norman, McAfee and Symantec deliver a sufficient protection against hacks yet. If a desktop firewall lets pass five or more perilous attacks, this cannot be considered acceptable anymore: this blunder happens to the programs of Kerio, Tiny, Agnitum/Buhl, Zonelabs, Armor 2 Net, Software Appliance, Surfsecret and Secure Up.
In the category hardware firewall eight tested devices under 350 euros parry all hacker attacks with high danger potential. Among these devices, Zyxel Zywall 2 got the recommendation of the editorial staff. While hardware firewalls are an essential protection against hackers for users that are online for more than an hour daily, they do not help against trojans, which send personal data to spies in the internet. To block these, users definitely should run a good software firewall contemporaneously to the hardware one.
Only three out of eleven hardware firewalls show problems: Draytek lets pass one dangerous assault, Linksys two and Longshine even five.
test winner
Software: Sygate Personal Firewall 5.5 Pro (distribution: BHV)
Sygates Firewall 5.5 in the pro version is the only software firewall that doesn't let pass a single of the over 1800 simulated assault and gives none of the conducted trojan attacks a break.
In the test is the paid full version including Intrusion Detection as well as protection against Spoofing.
On the 13.02.04, the German version, that wasn't available to press date, is announced to get onto market. It will carry the appendix Platinum and get special live updates online.
Best software firewalls:
1. Sygate Personal Firewall 5.5 Pro: 84,5
2. Norman Personal Firewall 1.4: 79,5
3. Farstone Hackersmacker 2.0: 73,4
4. NAI McAfee Personal Firewall Plus: 67,8
5. NT Kernel Personal Firewall: 66,1
(maximum: 100 points)
<<
Well, that's it. Hope this helps... :)
Greetings, Fragbait
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