TSGL: More Info on Armor Personal Firewall

[Mike Ferrell]

Don,
I also noticed the association with some commercial interests, and that 
caused some concern, but I believe they offered some explanation.  And I, 
too, didn't know what leak testing means.  Perhaps that's only one of the 
factors that should be looked at when analyzing firewalls.  That's one 
reason I wanted TSGL members to look things over and comment.

Likewise, I saw the comments, ""We have removed the latest results of Online 
Armor from our tables .  We will retest Online Armor and publish its real
 leak-testing results as soon as possible...".  However, if you go back and 
look closely, I believe those comments were dated earlier than the final 
publication which came after retests.  I could be wrong, but that's how it 
appeared to me.

Anyway, I merely wanted others to offer up any comments about the tests, 
ratings, and firewalls in general.  I guess we can't come to any definite 
conclusions on the subject, but it's been interesting.  I'm sure we will all 
keep looking for that perfect firewall, wherever it is.
Mike


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Penlington" <deepend at tpg.com.au>
To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" <list at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 11:21 AM
Subject: Re: TSGL: More Info on Armor Personal Firewall


> Mike wrote:
>>which provided a link to the study by Matousec.com.>>
>
>
> I had a look at that site with some interest. Any review site with
> associated referral commercial interests---which this obviously is, is
> unlikely in my view to be completely impartial.  That conclusion may, of
> course, be completely unjustified. But---hey---CA is the "most popular a-v
> software"???? Just who are we kidding? I can't swallow that one.
>
> Interesting to see that his a-v reviews are of paid programs only. Maybe
> the free ones don't pay any commission for sales.  Perish the
> thought---quite ungentlemanly of me.
>
> I see that firewalls are rated (only?) on "leak testing"---whatever that
> is. I'm not sure about it's real-world relevance. I thought significant
> memory leaks were largely a thing of the past.
>
> And I also noted that "We have removed the latests results of Online Armor
> from our tables ...We will retest Online Armor and publish its real
> leak-testing results as soon as possible. We apologize to all our visitors
> and to all competitive vendors for publishing incorrect results of Online
> Armor. "
>
> Well, at least he's frank about it.
>
> All in all, an interesting site, but one I'd have some reservations about.
>
> I looked back at an earlier issue of APC, Australia's premier computer
> magazine, and their firewall tests from a few months ago rated Zone Alarm
> up with the best.
>
> Don Penlington
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