ZneAlarm Pro v Kerio

My licence is almost up for ZAP.

For what "Valid" reasons do some posters reccomend Kerio over ZAP?


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Spammicus Killius

"Spammicus Killius" <spammers-must-> wrote in message
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> My licence is almost up for ZAP.
>
> For what "Valid" reasons do some posters reccomend Kerio over ZAP?
>
>
> Spammicus Killius:NO EMAIL REPLIES

I recently got ZA, couple days left on my Pro trial, and i must say its
great, alot better than standard ZA, ill definately be using ZAP from now
on. As for Kerio, i tried it once ages ago and for some reason i didnt like
it

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and those that dont."
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On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 14:17:05 +0000, whilst in NewsFroup
alt.computer.security, Spammicus Killius <spammers-must->
articulated the following sentiments :

>My licence is almost up for ZAP.
>
>For what "Valid" reasons do some posters reccomend Kerio over ZAP?

Validity is in the eye of the beholder surely. A couple of years back, I was
using ZAP and embarked upon a P2P 'stage'. I found that ZAP was hogging a
lot of CPU resources, and wondered if this was the 'norm' for other software
firewalls. I remember reading a recommendation for Kerio Personal Firewall
as a response to another P2P user's query about ZAP's CPU hoggetry.

More out of curiosity than any other reason, I gave KPF a whirl and found it
to be far less 'bloaty' in terms of resources consumed, and also the general
layout of the program in use. It helped a lot that it was free too.
Feature-wise, it was equal to ZAP if not better.

I do find ZAP is spammed and hyped about more than any other software
firewall I've seen for the home user. Try Kerio for yourself, make up your
own mind. If you end up preferring ZAP, that's ok !

At the end of the day, aside from it getting bloody dark, everyone has their
favourite Firewall and AV software which in their opinion, totally rules
over all the competition. Try Kerio for your yourself. It's another case of
suck-it-and-see.

http://www.kerio.com/dwn/kpf/kerio-pf-2.1.5-en-win.exe

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No worries.

Egrads,

Pete.

± Þete ±

± Þete ± <> wrote in
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>>My licence is almost up for ZAP.
>>
>>For what "Valid" reasons do some posters reccomend Kerio over ZAP?

Personally, I never trust software that requires you to maintain a
constant connection with "mother." Especially a firewall, which is software
that is supposed to protect you from exchange of data that you don't want
exchanged.

Just what IS ZA telling ZA Central? Why does it need this connection when
other firewalls don't?

It's been speculated that ZA may actually be spyware of the most insidious
kind - spyware that is masquerading as a firewall. That doesn't have to be
true, but it is certainly possible. For that reason alone, I would NEVER
trust Zone Alarm on my computer.

I have been using Kerio version 2 for 3 years. It is simply the best free
personal firewall there is. It does everything ZA does and more.

BTW, if you decide to try Kerio, DON'T use version 4. Version 4 has been
buggy from the beginning and still is. It also tries to mimic ZA's
interface, which IMO is a step in the wrong direction.

KPF 2.1.5 is still available, but is not easy to find if you don't know
just where to look.

http://www.kerio.com/dwn/kpf/kerio-pf-2.1.5-en-win.exe

donutbandit

On 11 Jan 2004 20:55:42 GMT, donutbandit wrote:

> ± Þete ± <> wrote in
> news::
>
>>>My licence is almost up for ZAP.
>>>
>>>For what "Valid" reasons do some posters reccomend Kerio over ZAP?
>
> Personally, I never trust software that requires you to maintain a
> constant connection with "mother." Especially a firewall, which is software
> that is supposed to protect you from exchange of data that you don't want
> exchanged.
>
> Just what IS ZA telling ZA Central? Why does it need this connection when
> other firewalls don't?
>
> It's been speculated that ZA may actually be spyware of the most insidious
> kind - spyware that is masquerading as a firewall. That doesn't have to be
> true, but it is certainly possible. For that reason alone, I would NEVER
> trust Zone Alarm on my computer.
>
> I have been using Kerio version 2 for 3 years. It is simply the best free
> personal firewall there is. It does everything ZA does and more.
>
> BTW, if you decide to try Kerio, DON'T use version 4. Version 4 has been
> buggy from the beginning and still is. It also tries to mimic ZA's
> interface, which IMO is a step in the wrong direction.
>
> KPF 2.1.5 is still available, but is not easy to find if you don't know
> just where to look.
>
> http://www.kerio.com/dwn/kpf/kerio-pf-2.1.5-en-win.exe

ZA (free or Pro) doesn't require you to maintain a connection to anything.
It sends no information to Zonelabs and nobody has ever shown that it does.
What it will do is check for updates but that option can be turned off.

Regards

Bill

phoenix

And Sygate?

Richard

"phoenix" <> wrote in message
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> On 11 Jan 2004 20:55:42 GMT, donutbandit wrote:
>
> > ± Þete ± <> wrote in
> > news::
> >
> >>>My licence is almost up for ZAP.
> >>>
> >>>For what "Valid" reasons do some posters reccomend
Kerio over ZAP?
> >
> > Personally, I never trust software that requires you to
maintain a
> > constant connection with "mother." Especially a
firewall, which is software
> > that is supposed to protect you from exchange of data
that you don't want
> > exchanged.
> >
> > Just what IS ZA telling ZA Central? Why does it need
this connection when
> > other firewalls don't?
> >
> > It's been speculated that ZA may actually be spyware of
the most insidious
> > kind - spyware that is masquerading as a firewall. That
doesn't have to be
> > true, but it is certainly possible. For that reason
alone, I would NEVER
> > trust Zone Alarm on my computer.
> >
> > I have been using Kerio version 2 for 3 years. It is
simply the best free
> > personal firewall there is. It does everything ZA does
and more.
> >
> > BTW, if you decide to try Kerio, DON'T use version 4.
Version 4 has been
> > buggy from the beginning and still is. It also tries to
mimic ZA's
> > interface, which IMO is a step in the wrong direction.
> >
> > KPF 2.1.5 is still available, but is not easy to find if
you don't know
> > just where to look.
> >
> > http://www.kerio.com/dwn/kpf/kerio-pf-2.1.5-en-win.exe
>
> ZA (free or Pro) doesn't require you to maintain a
connection to anything.
> It sends no information to Zonelabs and nobody has ever
shown that it does.
> What it will do is check for updates but that option can
be turned off.
>
> Regards
>
> Bill

Richard Steinfeld