"Max M.Wachtel III" <maxpro4u@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in
news:Xns99D7A575FF87Ewhatsinaname@207.115.17.102:

> Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers <usenet-2007@planetcobalt.net> after much
> thought,came up with this jewel in news:fg2n7nUkp7L2@news.in-ulm.de:
>
>> 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
>> 59cobalt
>
> Software "firewall" is not a real firewall and a waste of resources.

I wouldn't outright say a waste of resources, you can use one to keep
some applications from calling home.. for whatever reason.

> A router/harding your system/safe-hex is the way to go.
> max

Agreed.



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