RSSMcAfee Readies Firewall Beta
By Nate Mook | Published January 17, 2002, 10:04 AM
McAfee is preparing to beta test version 7.5 of its Desktop Firewall, complete with Windows XP compatibility. McAfee is specifically looking for businesses to trial the new software as they would in a live environment.
"While we are always interested in feedback from anyone who wishes to participate in our beta cycles, beta testing of the Desktop Firewall v7.5 Beta will be focused towards our small-enterprise business customers. This is due to the new integration with ePolicy Orchestrator v2.5, which receives the best testing by our business customers," McAfee beta coordinator Tony Rasmussen told BetaNews.
Firewall version 7.5 adds support for PPPoE, "Trusted Networks," IP Spoofing detection, and features a new Intrusion Detection Notification Dialog, along with McAfee-specific interfaces. The company is also focusing on testing the beta with VPN clients and PGP software. Testers will be expected to send brief e-mails to McAfee detailing the experience installing and using the firewall.
The Beta 1 build is expected to be made available shortly. To sign up for the McAfee Desktop Firewall 7.5 beta test, visit mcafeeb2b.com or contact AVBeta@Nai.com.
i agree totally!
i currently use Zone Alarm Pro and i am looking forward to version 3 when it is released. I have used pretty much all of the firewalls i have heared of from newsgroups, websites etc. i found zone alarm to be the easiest to use, have the most powerful features and best looking (sad i know) i liked tiny firewall but the interface wasnt that easy to use and slowed down setting it up. I HATE Norton internet security 2002 and blackice etc fail every time i test my computer at grc.com. i know it isnt that wise to go from what just one person says but i trust steve gibson and at the moment he says ZAP is the best and in my opinion also it is.
i will test out mcafee's firewall also as it might be better for me in the future. who knows?
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|McAfee Only Make Useless Crap That Dont Work Any Way.
I use Zone Alarm Pro
I have setup my firewall to block ad servers and block virus e-mails
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|I don't necessarily believe that all McAfee products "don't work." I've been quite pleased with their PGP Desktop software, and Conseal Firewall (later renamed McAfee Personal Firewall). However, their anti-virus software could use improvements in speed (e.g. specifically with compressed files), better detection of viruses embedded in web pages (e.g. lurking around in infected .CSS files) and a friendlier updating mechanism.
I'm hopeful that McAfee will use technologies contained within Conseal in the upcoming beta. In my opinion, Conseal was the best commercial firewall around.
I would like to note that C&C Software, the original makers of Conseal, are promoting Ambra Firewall as some sort of sucessor to the aforementioned program. See http://www.ccsoftware.ca/ambra/index.cfm
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|Mcafee generally buy a GOOD product and then progressivly make it worse by adding unwanted features that break it. The only exception was when they bought Dr solomons, in that case they just wanted the name and immediately dropped the real Dr solomons products and replaced it with their own claiming it to be a major upgrade (lol).
I wouldnt get your hopes up about Mcafee using the other companies technologies in the coming beta.
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|Contrary of what you guys are saying Norton is a huge bloated crap, has crash uncountable pc's and misses virus everytime. McAfee on the other way works like a charm...
Way to go McAfee, keep up the good work.
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|I definatley agree.. While in the end it's pretty much based on user preference, I prefer McAfee mainly because on my systems it's faster and more stable. Last time I tried Norton Antivirus, every time I started it I got an Internet Explorer Script Error, and the thing didn't work, but I also don't like how Norton does anti-virus updates and software updates. With McAfee I can visit their page, and see the exact release number of the virus pattern file, any engine updates, and they release patches to the software. I don't like how Norton does this with LiveUpdate.
While the latest version (6) of McAfee is excellent, I'm starting to worry that future versions will continue being integrated with things like Safe and Sound and Shredder more and more, which I do not like. Talking about firewalls though (since that's what this article is about), I don't use any firewalls because I don't have any need for them, but for inbound filtering (Intrusion Detection Systems), you can't beat BlackICE Defender :)
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|huh?! iv had more NT servers crashing from mcafee software problems than actual NT problems. Iv had windows version (supposedly release versions) of their virus checker that every time you open a dos prompt it constantly dumps the contents of the dos window to LPT1 (removing the mcafee stuff from autoexec fixed it). Iv had it block totally innocent corporate web pages. Mcafee software is the most troublesome software I have EVER used!
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|100% agree.about BlackIce no away,try it on XP PRO.it will crash
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|about Mcafee I agree 100%,but not BlackIce it will crash on XP PRO.
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|Check out http://www.networkice.com/downloads/index.html for several updates to fix problems on Windows XP. The second item, BlackICE Defender for Workstation (2.9.cap) apparently fixes some issues, and the top patch, 2.9.caq fixes the blue screens and crashing issues. Can't hurt to try it out.
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|i disagree i use it also on xp pro and after the updates it works fine Better Check your OS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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|Is it going to be like their Anti-Virus software, and not work? I have cleaned over 3,000 infected files off hard drives that have been "cleaned" with the latest, most updated McAfee...and I used SystemSuite 4.0 to do it. I don't have much faith in McAfee.
James Wheat
http://belprecomputerwizard.com
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|I agree.
NAV is a much better product than the McAfee crap.
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|actually, Mcafee antivirus was not bad before the name "network associates". I don't know if this is a company that bought them or whatever, but since then, mcafee is very bad compared to other antivirus software such as nav, panda and even AVP.
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