SoftPerfect Personal Firewall

T

Tony Cheroke

<http://www.softperfect.com/>

<http://www.softperfect.com/products/firewall/>

<http://www.softperfect.com/download/firewall_setup.exe>

~900KB

<quote>
SoftPerfect Personal Firewall is a free network
firewall designed to protect your PC against attacks
from the Internet or via a local area network.
SoftPerfect Personal Firewall offers customizable
security using user-defined rules for packet
filtering. It works at a low level and also allows
you to create rules based on non-IP protocols such
as ARP.

SoftPerfect Personal Firewall supports multiple
network adapter configurations. This allows you to
apply a rule, for example, for just a modem
connection or you could apply separate rules for
each system interface. With a flexible filtering
system, trusted MAC address checking feature and
separate network adapter configuration you can even
use it on a router or a server.

SoftPerfect Personal Firewall has a learning mode,
which prompts you for required actions when it
detects an unknown packet. This helps you to create
customized rules quickly. The program is easy to
use, comes with a set of predefined rules and it is
completely free. Additional features include
password protection, logging and more.

Main Features

* SoftPerfect Personal Firewall has a powerful traffic
filtering system using user-defined processing
rules.

* SoftPerfect Personal Firewall supports
configuration for multiple network adapters.

* SoftPerfect Personal Firewall has a learning mode
and comes with a set of predefined rules.
SoftPerfect Personal Firewall filters IP and non-IP
traffic.

* SoftPerfect Personal Firewall is easy to
install. It does not change your Windows system
files and does not require any additional libraries
(dlls).

QUICK INFO
Latest version
1.1 (August 24, 2004)
Supported platforms
Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, 2003
License
Freeware
</quote>

Screenshots are available. Has anyone had any experience with this
firewall program?

Tony
 
B

Bill Rowland

Tony said:
<http://www.softperfect.com/>

<http://www.softperfect.com/products/firewall/>

<http://www.softperfect.com/download/firewall_setup.exe>

~900KB

<quote>
SoftPerfect Personal Firewall is a free network
firewall designed to protect your PC against attacks
from the Internet or via a local area network.
SoftPerfect Personal Firewall offers customizable
security using user-defined rules for packet
filtering. It works at a low level and also allows
you to create rules based on non-IP protocols such
as ARP.

SoftPerfect Personal Firewall supports multiple
network adapter configurations. This allows you to
apply a rule, for example, for just a modem
connection or you could apply separate rules for
each system interface. With a flexible filtering
system, trusted MAC address checking feature and
separate network adapter configuration you can even
use it on a router or a server.

SoftPerfect Personal Firewall has a learning mode,
which prompts you for required actions when it
detects an unknown packet. This helps you to create
customized rules quickly. The program is easy to
use, comes with a set of predefined rules and it is
completely free. Additional features include
password protection, logging and more.

Main Features

* SoftPerfect Personal Firewall has a powerful traffic
filtering system using user-defined processing
rules.

* SoftPerfect Personal Firewall supports
configuration for multiple network adapters.

* SoftPerfect Personal Firewall has a learning mode
and comes with a set of predefined rules.
SoftPerfect Personal Firewall filters IP and non-IP
traffic.

* SoftPerfect Personal Firewall is easy to
install. It does not change your Windows system
files and does not require any additional libraries
(dlls).

QUICK INFO
Latest version
1.1 (August 24, 2004)
Supported platforms
Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, 2003
License
Freeware
</quote>

Screenshots are available. Has anyone had any experience with this
firewall program?

Tony
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I'd (also) be interested in anyones experiments with this one.

Bill
 
P

Peter Seiler

Bill Rowland - 31.08.2004 17:53 :
I'd (also) be interested in anyones experiments with this one.
Click to expand...

please please also to you as to others: it's absolutely unnecessary
quoting about 70 quoting lines (snipped) again only posting your single
line. It's realy a terrible widespread usenet behavior. Everybody may
read back the thread if wished. THX in advance for your kind understanding.
 
J

JP Loken

<http://www.softperfect.com/>

<http://www.softperfect.com/products/firewall/>

<http://www.softperfect.com/download/firewall_setup.exe>

~900KB

<quote>
SoftPerfect Personal Firewall is a free network
firewall designed to protect your PC against attacks
from the Internet or via a local area network.
Click to expand...
Screenshots are available. Has anyone had any experience with this
firewall program?

Tony
Click to expand...

This is a quote from the release notes:

"SoftPerfect Personal Firewall works at the NDIS level and it is not able
to determine what application is trying to access the Internet or a
network resource. However, it is able to catch non-IP packets such as ARP
or NETWARE."

This means it's a less secure firewall than ZoneAlarm and Sygate, doesn't
it?
 
J

J44xm

["Peter Seiler"; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 17:59:47 GMT]
please please also to you as to others: it's absolutely unnecessary
quoting about 70 quoting lines (snipped) again only posting your
single line. It's realy a terrible widespread usenet behavior.
Click to expand...

Agreed. Let's try to keep things tidy, eh?
 
J

JanC

JP Loken schreef:
This is a quote from the release notes:

"SoftPerfect Personal Firewall works at the NDIS level and it is not able
to determine what application is trying to access the Internet or a
network resource. However, it is able to catch non-IP packets such as ARP
or NETWARE."

This means it's a less secure firewall than ZoneAlarm and Sygate, doesn't
it?
Click to expand...

Yes and no, it's a packet filter like those used in unix/linux/BSD/...
Better than ZA or Sygate for attacks from the outside, but it won't catch
spyware or trojans phoning home.
 
C

Chipshop

Peter said:
Bill Rowland - 31.08.2004 17:53 :




please please also to you as to others: it's absolutely unnecessary
quoting about 70 quoting lines (snipped) again only posting your single
line. It's realy a terrible widespread usenet behavior. Everybody may
read back the thread if wished. THX in advance for your kind understanding.
Click to expand...

Jawohl Mein Fuhrer. You are so right mein fuhrer. Zei are just swein
mein fuhrer. Zei should be put against ze vall unt SHOT!!
 

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