Time for another firewall.
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From: John Corliss on 31 Jul 2010 20:38 Shadow wrote: > John Corlisswrote: > >>> I'm also using XP Home SP3. I've got 2 GiB or RAM installed and 64 MiB >>> of that is (video) shared memory. I don't mind Armor using 12 to 16 MiB >>> of RAM. >> >> My pitifully ancient system only has 512 mb of RDRAM. I could probably >> upgrade it via eBay, but there's not much point. > Did you even consider Agnitum free ? > Monitor the install, I saw some people complaining it's hard > to uninstall by hand. > PS ---- why not just wipe your MD5's ? Kerio will just build > another database as you use it. If the apps you have installed ATM are > trusted, should not be a security risk. > []'s The problem is that nothing I do will get rid of any of the MD5s, even wiping them all. The next time I look, it's as if I did nothing. They're all back, even the MD5s for old programs I no longer use. Yesterday, I read somewhere that somebody else was having the same problem about a year ago. Then I lost the link and now I can't find it again. Perhaps the best solution would be to get a new computer, but I'll have to win the lottery first. A few months ago, I broke a tooth. There went all the money I'd saved up for a new computer. -- John Corliss BS206. Because of all the Googlespam, I block all posts sent through Google Groups. I also block as many posts from anonymous remailers (for example, usenet4all.se, x-privat.org, dizum.com, tioat.net, frell.theremailer.net) as possible due to forgeries posted through them. No ad, CD, commercial, cripple, demo, nag, share, spy, time-limited, trial or web wares OR warez for me, please.
From: John Corliss on 31 Jul 2010 20:39 Thip wrote: > John Corliss wrote: > >> I posted my OS & ver. in a reply to this thread. At any rate, it's XP >> Home SP3. >> > I didn't read all the replies, John. That's all right, join the club. I don't read this whole group anymore either. -- John Corliss BS206. Because of all the Googlespam, I block all posts sent through Google Groups. I also block as many posts from anonymous remailers (for example, usenet4all.se, x-privat.org, dizum.com, tioat.net, frell.theremailer.net) as possible due to forgeries posted through them. No ad, CD, commercial, cripple, demo, nag, share, spy, time-limited, trial or web wares OR warez for me, please.
From: John Corliss on 31 Jul 2010 20:44 Whirled.Peas wrote: > John Corliss wrote: > >> Kerio 2.1.5 is far too long in the tooth. Besides, I'm no longer able to >> remove .md5 entries from its list and don't feel like reinstalling the >> program. Thus, I'm in the market for another firewall. > > John, > In one of the replies in this thread you mention having a spare PC that > mostly sits unused in a box. Have you considered setting it up as a > firewall appliance for your network? I have no idea how complex your home > network is, but a firewall appliance is both easy to set up and puts no > strain on your main computer's resources. > > There are several very good Linux based software firewalls that are free, > easy to set up and configure, and that are bulletproof. > > I would recommend to your attention these two in particular: > ClearOS: http://www.clearfoundation.com/Software/overview.html > pfSense: http://www.pfsense.org/ > > Both are very user friendly and very flexible. You can read a bit more > about both (and some other options) here: http://www.techradar.com/news/ > software/applications/7-of-the-best-linux-firewalls-697177 > > A firewall appliance may be far more than you are looking for. I thought > I'd throw my two cents' worth your way as i have found them to be ideal > solutions for those running small home networks who do not want, or > cannot afford to have firewall software eating up CPU cycles on machines > already taxed by some of the more cumbersome parts of Windows. > > Good luck in your search. That's a good idea, but I'm afraid in my tiny house I couldn't afford the extra heat that the computer would throw out, not to mention the increase in my electric bill. That's why the other computer sits in a box. It's a Sony VAIO with a P4 3.6ghz, 1 mb of ram and a graphics card with twice the onboard memory of the one in this system. Better than what I'm using now, but not by much I'm afraid. My cousin gave it to me because he thought the hard drive had crashed. Turned out to be a bad SATA cable connector. He didn't want the computer back because he'd already bought a new one. -- John Corliss BS206. Because of all the Googlespam, I block all posts sent through Google Groups. I also block as many posts from anonymous remailers (for example, usenet4all.se, x-privat.org, dizum.com, tioat.net, frell.theremailer.net) as possible due to forgeries posted through them. No ad, CD, commercial, cripple, demo, nag, share, spy, time-limited, trial or web wares OR warez for me, please.
From: Shadow on 31 Jul 2010 22:21 On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:38:58 -0700, John Corliss <q34wsk20(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> PS ---- why not just wipe your MD5's ? Kerio will just build >> another database as you use it. If the apps you have installed ATM are >> trusted, should not be a security risk. >> []'s > >The problem is that nothing I do will get rid of any of the MD5s, even >wiping them all. The next time I look, it's as if I did nothing. They're >all back, even the MD5s for old programs I no longer use. > >Yesterday, I read somewhere that somebody else was having the same >problem about a year ago. Then I lost the link and now I can't find it >again. Maybe some disk corruption made it read only. Well, boot into safe mode, exit the firewall, if it's there, and delete the confs and logs in the program folder (my logfile was 35Mb large, just deleted it. ) You can always save your conf (there is that option) but it would be better to just re-train it from scratch. You can't run all that many apps ......... []'s BTW, I found your thread ... too tired to read though it: http://osdir.com/ml/security.firewalls.kerio/2002-11/msg00042.html
From: Shadow on 31 Jul 2010 22:40
On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:21:32 -0300, Shadow <Sh(a)dow.br> wrote: >On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:38:58 -0700, John Corliss <q34wsk20(a)yahoo.com> >wrote: >BTW, I found your thread ... too tired to read though it: (I lied - ehehe) See if this sounds familiar: Go to: HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\fwdrv Modify 'MaxBufferSize' to some higher amount (e.g. 12000). It's an old thread, might even feel like a dej�-vu http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/thread-1968743.php :) |