Kerio and Bleeding-Edge Snort
As I believe I mentioned in the past, my favorite little firewall (Kerio) was recently purchased by Sunbelt. Sunbelt has already proven their worth in my opinion with this post about adding Bleeding-Edge Snort rules to protect yourself from the recent wmf issues.
WHAT?! Kerio supports bleeding-edge snort rules?! I really wish I had known this before, but man that is cool!
I’ve been following Sunbelt’s blog since the announcement and have been pretty impressed with both the openess and technical nature of the posts by the company’s president, Alex Eckelberry. Not only has Sunbelt introduced me to features of Kerio I never knew existed, they’re also going to slash the price to $14.95, at least temporarily. $14.95, yes that’s right folks…$14.95. That’s 1/3 of what it used to cost. Mr. Eckelberry - I applaud your “no brainer” pricing. You have convinced me, a long-time free user of the firewall, to pony up and pay for it.
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Do you use this in addition to the XP firewall or instead of?
By Anonymouson 12.30.05 11:03 am
Instead of. While Kerio can function similar to the XP firewall (ie. allow “x” application to access the network), I prefer the more fine-grained controls that it offers. For example: Allow “AOL Instant Messenger” outbound FROM TCP ports 1024-5000 TO TCP port 5190.
By Damonon 12.30.05 12:01 pm
Can I borrow your pony? I think you sold me. Yay Kerio!
By Rnaston 01.12.06 10:42 am
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