No More Kerio Personal Firewall

[Kr0z]

Hello all,

Kerio Technologies has grown into a significant player in both security and messaging markets. We have achieved many accolades, and we have many satisfied customers all over the world.

Kerio now employs over one hundred people in our three offices worldwide. We want to continue to deliver products that you enjoy to use. We made a promise to give our customers the best products in their category. And that means implementing some changes in our product strategy.

During the second half of this year, Kerio will be discontinuing two host-based security products from our portfolio – Kerio ServerFirewall and Kerio Personal Firewall.

Kerio Personal Firewall will be discontinued as of December 31, 2005. It will not be available for purchase after this date. Subscriptions will not be renewed. Technical support will be provided to all customers with valid subscriptions until the end of 2006.

Thank you for your support of Kerio.

Cheers,

Joshua Thomas

Joshua Thomas

Technical Support Manager

2350 Mission College Blvd, Suite 400

Santa Clara, CA 95054

Phone: (408) 496-4500

Fax: (408) 496-6902

http://www.kerio.com/support.html

Kerio Forums

[f0rbez]

I never thought much of their firewall anyway

[Kr0z]

I never thought much of their firewall anyway

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To me it was as goog as outpost or sygate.

Still now with sygate and kerio out of the way, there isn't much choice for the security conscious user anymore.

(N)

[strekship]

I have neverl liked software firewalls anyway. I prefer routers with a hardware firewall.

[Monkeh]

AH CRAP!

Where to now? :(

[Martyn]

Im using Kerio, and its doing a sturdy job at the moment. Cant fault it.

:(

[Dark Reaper]

The Personal Firewall will be gone but don't they have another Firewall that's a bit more hardcore?

[Samoa]

This is a dissapointment. But hey, the firewall will still work (Y) :D Download while you can... :cool:

[Felinix_Devotion]

To me it was as goog as outpost or sygate.

Still now with sygate and kerio out of the way, there isn't much choice for the security conscious user anymore.

(N)

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Sygate?? I use Sygate since when are they gone ? :ninja:

[acedriver]

Sygate?? I use Sygate since when are they gone ?  :ninja:

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http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050816/165961.html?.v=1

[Crimson Behelit]

I am a Sygate user who was looking to eventually switch to Kerio once the current/last Sygate firewall is comprimised/exploited.

I may have to switch exclusively to Linux :/ I prefer Linux but, unfortuntely, Windows XP Pro is a better fit for my Centrino notebook. As we all know, running Windows without a third-party firewall is less than secure.

[xpgeek]

Wow that sucks. I too am still using Sygate last version until theres a reason I shouldn't, Kerio would have been what I switched to at that time.

[Rogue`]

I know allot of people put down XP's Firewall, but it does a good enough job for me, although i did use to use Kerio PF, and it was a good alternative, will be a shame to see it not continued :/

[Shibby]

Had zone alarm but was buggy back then.

Tryed norton firewall, Was just to buggy for me.

Tryed i think sygate. Was a good one but didn't suit me well at the time.

Now i've stuck with Tiny Personal Firewall for a few years now. Quite a good i love this firewall, It has quite a cool few features.

But i'm not to sure of the latest gui for the admin control panel But i don't need to go in to that much.

http://www.tinysoftware.com/

If i'm not much mistaken this use to be similar to Kerio a few versions back, But i also feel at some point this will go as it is owned by CA Who own Ez products

But still a good firewall give it a try

[Kr0z]

Had zone alarm but was buggy back then.

Tryed norton firewall, Was just to buggy for me.

Tryed i think sygate. Was a good one but didn't suit me well at the time.

Now i've stuck with Tiny Personal Firewall for a few years now. Quite a good i love this firewall, It has quite a cool few features.

But i'm not to sure of the latest gui for the admin control panel But i don't need to go in to that much.

http://www.tinysoftware.com/

If i'm not much mistaken this use to be similar to Kerio a few versions back, But i also feel at some point this will go as it is owned by CA Who own Ez products

But still a good firewall give it a try

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I paid for and licensed a copy of tiny firewall, (N) its just such a pain to configure and the constant questions. Sheeesh, just not user friendly.

[DigitalN.]

why not use Zone Alarm? does a great job for me!

[kaffra]

im still using their 2.15 version, whatever happened to the open source firewall project based on kerio?

[Shibby]

I paid for and licensed a copy of tiny firewall, (N) its just such a pain to configure and the constant questions. Sheeesh, just not user friendly.

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The questions i get are asking for internet connections, I found the windows security module was anoying so i disabled it.

Should give it another go, All i need to configure for it is just what programs have access and thats only when the program needs it as the pop up comes up.

[JoeBonJoey]

i've been using windows firewall, was thinking about switching to kerio too-but... looks like i won't anymore. :(

[Denis W. Veteran]

http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050816/165961.html?.v=1

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So what if Symantec buys out Sygate and load up the firewall with their poorly coded BS. SPF hasn't been updated for some time, yet it still works well. It's not like all copies of SPF will deactivate once its Symantec-branded successor comes out.

About KPF: don't like that firewall that much. It also caused headaches with UT2k4 (which yes, I understand there's a workaround for it).

[Samoa]

Kerio PF 2.1.5 is a free firewall and still is a great choice.

Kerio PF 4.1 thru 4.2 is a great firewall. IMO

MacAfee PF does good too.

I don't care for ZA but Sygate does offer a decent alternative. Windows XP firewall lacks important funtions a decent firewall should have.

[Crimson Behelit]

So what if Symantec buys out Sygate and load up the firewall with their poorly coded BS. SPF hasn't been updated for some time, yet it still works well. It's not like all copies of SPF will deactivate once its Symantec-branded successor comes out.

About KPF: don't like that firewall that much. It also caused headaches with UT2k4 (which yes, I understand there's a workaround for it).

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While you are right (no reason to stop using SPF), you shouldn't overlook the fact that SygatePF has security holes that already have published exploits. The longer users continue to use Sygate, the greater the chance that they will be comprimised.

I'm hoping the days where the last SygatePF is classed as a security risk are still some time away... but I've come to terms knowing that I won't be using SygatePF in 18 months, 24 months.

Edited September 4, 2005 by joekr

[TGT]

I have neverl liked software firewalls anyway. I prefer routers with a hardware firewall.

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My thoughts as well.

[Ravensworth]

I have neverl liked software firewalls anyway. I prefer routers with a hardware firewall.

You do realize hardware firewalls do not block outgoing transmissions, only incoming. That means spyware, viruses and applications can connect to the internet and send information out without your knowledge. :no:

Everyone should have both a good software and hardware firewall.

[NEVER85]

What the hell? This is just wrong. >_< Even though I'm having a bit of a CPU usage problem with 4.2.0, Kerio has been great overall, especially compared to other firewalls I've used.

Sygate - just didn't like the feel

Outpost - WAYYYYYY too many prompts, even when a minor DLL was changed

Norton - ....self explanatory