In comp.security.firewalls Gary <gareth@capecod.net> wrote:
> Lord Possum wrote:
>> One of the criteria I employ in judging a program's worth is not only
>> the installed size, but the amount of Registry entries, and the
>> number of functions requiring 'think' power ... a drain on RAM
>> resources. Sygate is heavy than many in that respect.
>>
>> And, as far as installed size ... 12MB compared to 8MB tells me
>> immediately that Sygate is 50% bigger, while doing no more or any
>> better than what I use. That apparently will not mean much to those
>> who don't care how much room a program takes up, but the extra 4MB
>> means more of something else for me. And, in the end result, NetVeda
>> is faster.
>
> What version of sygate are you referring too. 5.5.2710 is not bloated
> in my opinion.

It just has serious design flaws and won't receive any bugfixes anymore.
Some qualification for a "security" product.

cu
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