Sygate Personal Firewall vs. Kerio Firewall?

[duragezic]

Right now I'm using SPF Pro but it probably isn't really made for home use. I tend to get a lot of "attack" messages (Active Response) but when I backtrace it just appears they are originating from my isp (Charter Comm.). I don't believe I got them with the regular SPF which I use to use, so I'm gonna switch back to that. But I see quite a bit of mention of this Kerio Firewall. Which one is better?

 

[duragezic]

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[Mem]

I`ve used both free versions of Sygate and Kerio,both are very good considering they are free,I prefer Kerio because it has a nicer interface,in the end why don`t you try it for yourself?




Kerio Personal firewall 4 link. .Btw I`m now using the full version of Kerio firewall.

Limited free edition
For home users, Kerio Personal Firewall 4 is available in two flavors - the full edition and the limited free edition.

After installation, KPF works as the full edition for 30 days, after which it becomes the limited free edition.

Limited free edition does not provide the content filtering capabilities such as blocking pop-up windows, ads, VB scripts, cookies, etc. and other extra features.

 

[Mem]

Btw don`t forget you can download the Kerio firewall manual(PDF format) from here,it`s detailed .

 

[monzie]

I've used both Sygate Pro and Kerio 4 and, to be quite honest (IMO), I found both to be excellent.....SYGATE wins on features (which for novice users may be overwhelming or even go un-used), KERIO on cost.

The one problem I did find with SYGATE is that sometimes it 'half' crashes (a bug?)...the icon disappears from the tool tray (yet its still running in Task Manager).

Kerio has NEVER let me down in anyway and I have my machines connected for months at a time without any rebooting.

So, if I had to choose I would say KERIO is the most stable, and its price cannot be beaten.

Remember tho' that ANY firewall is only as good as the person who sets it up..they don't perform magic.

HTH

By the way, the extra features of KERIO that cancel after 30 days are not required, use a proxy like the PROXIMITRON or PRIVOXY, you can also use the TEA-TIMER service in SPYBOT and run and install SPYWAREBLASTER...for even more protection (all free).

 

[duragezic]

Yeah I checked out some screenies of Kerio and the interface was nicer, but I tend to be one to prefer something simple but effective like Sygate, but I will def check it out since I gotta get rid of this SPF Pro anyway...

One thing of concern though is memory usage. How is Kerio compared to Sygate? It would seem the extra features of Kerio like popup blocking, ads, etc... would make it use a bit more memory. And since I'm using Firefox (and if I could get the HOSTS file working... that's another thread) then I'm already covered for popup blocking, ads, vb scripts. SPF Pro uses 10-15mb of memory on average I think, so anywhere near that is fine by me.

 

[Mem]

t would seem the extra features of Kerio like popup blocking, ads, etc... would make it use a bit more memory. And since I'm using Firefox (and if I could get the HOSTS file working... that's another thread) then I'm already covered for popup blocking, ads, vb scripts.

You have the option to disable all of these or just enable some with kerio firewall, so that`s not a problem.

 

[slipONflange]

monzie said

I've used both Sygate Pro and Kerio 4 and, to be quite honest (IMO), I found both to be excellent.....SYGATE wins on features (which for novice users may be overwhelming or even go un-used), KERIO on cost.

I to am trying to decied between Kerio and Sygate and would like to know what features Kerio lacks.

 

[monzie]

For normal usage it lacks NOTHING...i think i got paranoid du to to all the features oF Sygate PRO....you will NOT use them..or need to.