Internet Firewall Protection

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses and evaluates specific firewall products, which are essential because of the nature of the public internet, e-commerce and hackers: KarlBridge, Kerio Personal Firewall, LinuxMagic VPN, McAfee Desktop Firewall, and McAfee Firewall 3.0. The author believes that, to perform at its best, the needs of the users and corporate organization must be considered before implementing a particular solution. The author feels that, for personal use, the Kerio Personal Firewall is the recommendable and best solution for home users.

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KarlBridge (Packet Filter with Ethernet Bridging and Encryption)
Software/Hardware Category/Price
Kerio Personal Firewall (Smart, Easy-to-Use Personal Firewall)
Authorized Applications
Stateful Inspection
Three Types of Security
Defining Secure Zones
Application Activity Overview
Remote Administration
Activity Protocols
Regular Updates
Software/Hardware Category/Price
LinuxMagic VPN (Linux-based VPN and Firewall Solution)
Software/Hardware Category/Price
McAfee Desktop Firewall (To Protect Corporate Users from Integrated Threats)
Enhanced Hacker Tracing
Firewall Settings Security Check
Home Networking Wizard
Wizard for Creating Custom Firewall Rules
Intrusion Detection System
Application Scan
Software/Hardware Category/Price
McAfee Firewall 3.0 (Anti-virus, Firewall, and Parental Monitoring)
Software/Hardware Category/Price
Comparison of the Firewalls

From the Paper:

"McAfee Desktop Firewall, a product of McAfee Retail Software, is a firewall that protects and secures valuable and confidential data of corporate networks from threats and intrusions. It only allows connections from trusted applications to prevent attacks from hackers, malicious code, distributed denial of service, and other attacks that will cause damage to confidential data, remote computers, and network."

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