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echo: nthelp
to: Antti Kurenniemi
from: /m
date: 2006-07-02 08:09:14
subject: Re: WGA Trojan: Putting Privacy Last

From: /m 

On Sun, 2 Jul 2006 12:15:44 +0300, "Antti Kurenniemi"
 wrote:

>"/m"  wrote in message
>news:j0rca21dq60l24s0mn6avrco0lmf8295nn{at}4ax.com...
>>>Thanks. I've been  looking for an alternative firewall to Sygate since it
>>>was bought of by Symantec, and Core Force seems like a reasonably good
>>>candidate. I really like Sygate, but I have no doubts Symantec will turn
>>>it
>>>into a steaming pile of turd real soon now...
>>
>> While a current version of Sygate is available, Symantec has killed off
>> future development of the Sygate personal firewall product (from what I
>> understand).
>
>Yes, that't what I understood as well. No hurry yet, but sooner or later
>they'll pull the plug on Sygate, so I'm looking for alternatives now.

Agreed.  AtGuard was in a similar situation, i.e., no new development. Then
with one of the W2K service packs, AtGuard stopped working.

Fortunately, the main firewall for my home network is well-supported, but I
still need something on my notebook for when I'm out and about.

 /m

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