[PL] PL2006 Program Submittals: Kerio Personal Firewall

[MLC]

I'm using v4.2.1 and I'd like to submit this version. The latest PC
Magazine issue (Oct 18 2005) tested it against the leak exploits and found
that it blocked more than any of the other three programs (Outpost, Sygate
and Zone Alarm), even with the liteware free version.
About the features disabled in the free version, PC Magazine says "Some
features of the Pro version are disabled, but these aren¢t essential to the
basic function of a personal firewall."
This is also my experience, so I'm going to submit v4.2.1.

Revised from PL description.

Kerio Personal Firewall
(Liteware) (free for personal use)
Notes: The limited free edition does not provide the content filtering
capabilities such as blocking pop-up windows, ads, VB scripts, cookies,
etc.
Windows OS: Windows 2000 Professional / XP Home / XP Professional
Languages: English, Czech, German, French, Hungarian, Italian, Dutch,
Polish.
Description: Kerio Personal Firewall (KPF) is a software agent that builds
a barrier between your personal computer and the Internet. KPF is designed
to protect your PC against attacks from both the Internet, and other
computers in the local network. KPF controls all data flow in both
directions from the Internet to your computer and vice versa, and it can
block all attempted communication allowing only what you choose to permit.
This makes KPF an ideal solution for notebook computers that freely travel
in and out of the corporate network, facing exposure to various risks as
they connect from different locations. Kerio Personal Firewall protects
against information theft, modification or destruction, Trojan horse
applications, spyware, unauthorized access from within the local network,
denial of service attacks to applications or services.
Company: Author: --
Home page:
http://www.kerio.com/kpf_home.html
download page: v4.2.1 (2005-09-29) [ kerio-kpf-4.2.1-896-win.exe (5.3 MB)]
/don't know why, the page says 7.5MB, while actually it's 5.3MB/
http://www.kerio.com/kpf_download.html

 

[Susan Bugher]

I'm using v4.2.1 and I'd like to submit this version.

Revised from PL description.

Kerio Personal Firewall

Hi Maria,

AFAIK neither version will be available next year (I don't think redistribution is permitted).
Perhaps this description should be withdrawn. There's been some discussion here - one snippet:

<q>
Subject: Kerio dropping personal & server firewalls...
From: REM <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2005 09:46:22 -0500
Newsgroups: alt.comp.freeware

Kerio Personal Firewall will be discontinued as of December 31, 2005.
It will not be available for purchase after this date. Subscriptions
will not be renewed. Technical support will be provided to all
customers with valid subscriptions until the end of 2006.
</q>

Susan
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[MLC]

sabato 1 ottobre 2005 Susan Bugher ha scritto:

Hi Maria,

AFAIK neither version will be available next year (I don't think redistribution is permitted).
Perhaps this description should be withdrawn.

I see. It would be important to know if they keep a download link next
year.
OTOH we're going to vote the PL 2005, not 2006.
Anyway I'm open to every decision, of course

 

[REM]

MLC <[email protected]> wrote:

Susan Bugher ha scritto:

I see. It would be important to know if they keep a download link next
year.

OTOH we're going to vote the PL 2005, not 2006.
Anyway I'm open to every decision, of course

It "appears" that Kerio will retract the download links and
redistribution is prohibited. The forum is filled with comments that
are very positive. It is a shame that it not be included in the 2006
PL list, but without a working download link the mention is null.

There is speculation on my part here. I've read about bugs that were
in the process of being repaired. I just cannot imagine them
continuing to allow downloads of discontinued products. That could
lead to a false sense of security on a worldwide scale.


Sept 6:

=============================================


Hello all,

Just to be clear on this point:

If you have a valid subscription (you've purchased KPF in the last 12
months or have renewed your subscription), then you CAN GET SUPPORT
until December 31st 2006.

KPF 4.2.0 is the last version that will be released. The firewall will
continue to work, it won't stop working on December 31st 2006 =)

You may have noticed that we've also discontinued our host-based
firewall, Kerio ServerFirewall. Kerio is making a decision to refocus
on our core products: Kerio MailServer on Kerio WinRoute Firewall. The
reasons for discontinuing these products are the same as with any
company: Are the products profitable, and do they make sense for the
company's long term plans? In our case, the answer is no.

I guess from all the shocked threads, you like KPF. Thanks. I can't
comment on any plans to sell it to someone else, I really don't know.

Cheers,
Joshua Thomas
[Updated on: Wed, 21 September 2005 22:15]



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Joshua Thomas
Technical Support Manager
2350 Mission College Blvd, Suite 400
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Phone: (408) 496-4500
Fax: (408) 496-6902
http://www.kerio.com/support.html

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[MLC]

domenica 2 ottobre 2005 REM ha scritto:

KPF 4.2.0 is the last version that will be released. The firewall will
continue to work, it won't stop working on December 31st 2006 =)

Afterwards they have released v4.2.1.
Could they have changed their decision?

Uhh...and sorry for my previous confusion about 2005 and 2006.
I meant, we're voting on our experience on programs existing in 2005.
However it's true that they will be nominated PL2006.

 

[Susan Bugher]

domenica 2 ottobre 2005 REM ha scritto:


Afterwards they have released v4.2.1.
Could they have changed their decision?

dunno. . . guess we should list it even though there's a good chance
it will not be available in 2006. If it's selected as PW and becomes
unavailable it can be removed. . .

That leaves the question of which is the preferred version. I'll start a
thread asking about that.

Susan
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[Brook Humphrey]

dunno. . . guess we should list it even though there's a good chance
it will not be available in 2006. If it's selected as PW and becomes
unavailable it can be removed. . .

That leaves the question of which is the preferred version. I'll start a
thread asking about that.

Susan

Well neither one will be available from kerio.