Kerio Personal Firewall 4.0.11 RC2

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Kerio Personal Firewall is a small and easy to use system designed for protecting a personal computer against hacker attacks and data leaks.

It is based on the ICSA certified technology used in the WinRoute firewall. The firewall itself runs as a background service, using a special low-level driver loaded into the system kernel. This driver is placed at the lowest possible level above the network hardware drivers. Therefore, it has absolute control over all passing packets and is able to ensure a complete protection of the system it is installed on.

Blocks all externally originated IP traffic.
Rendering the desktop invisible to potential intruders.
Three security settings for easy configuration.
MD5 application signatures protect the computer from Trojan horses imitating trusted programs.
Opened Connections overview displays clearly what each application is doing at any given moment.

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Download: Kerio Personal Firewall 4.0.11 RC2

What's New?

added Dutch translation
automatically uses the most suitable help file depending on the selected language
KPF is now able to analyze kernel dumps and determine, whether crash was caused by KPF
KPF now attaches its registry settings to crashdump
if AVG 7 is detected during first KPF start, apropriate application rules are created automaticaly (support for AVG bundle)
fixed minor popup killer bugs and improved its functionality (catches showModelessDialog and showModalDialog functions)
traffic chart is not cleared when gui is closed
changed update server's and registration server's address resolving so it won't trigger automatic dial on Windows 98 ('Generate crash dump' checkbox must be disabled)
changed new adapter handling - adapter is detected again, when user deletes it from trusted zones table
fixed proxy server detection on NT/2K/XP
fixed several minor bugs (packet filter editor, DNS resolution, KPF closing)

(4 replies) #1 OrangeSoul on 06 Feb 2004 - 01:20

is there any way of stopping the firewall service give a message about every single incoming and outgoing again and again, it becomes annoying

#1.1 Evolution on 06 Feb 2004 - 01:46

Well there are only two reasons that I could think of causing that:
1) You have alert user under the advanced packet filters
2) You never create rules for apps

#1.2 Suddenly_Dead on 06 Feb 2004 - 02:49

Nah nah, I think he means that it re-asks all the rules and stuff whenever you update to a new version.

Try going into the configuration panel, click overview -> preferences tab, and exporting the settings next time (importing after you upgrade of course). It may help, I dunno.

#1.3 mipra on 06 Feb 2004 - 05:10

Hmm..isnt there any option there that tells u "Never" to show up the alert anymore?

#1.4 Lokheed on 06 Feb 2004 - 15:18

Yes there is. In the rules screen there is a line for All Other Applications. Simply put in the rules you want, when you are finished...block everything in the All Other Applications line...thats what its for. It was stuck in on 4.0.10 for just that reason.

#2 mipra on 06 Feb 2004 - 05:10

Horayy!! finally a new version..thanks OP

(1 reply) #3 Smufie on 06 Feb 2004 - 05:14

Is this one better than ZoneAlarm?
And does it use a lot of CPU?

#3.1 toadeater on 06 Feb 2004 - 21:32

I am sure it's better than Zone Alarm, and it will definitely use less resources. Zone Alarm is a bloated, buggy mess. Also good luck trying to uninstall Zone Alarm, it will leave things all over the registry.

Personally I use Sygate, you might want to look at that too, but Kerio is good.

Just keep in mind these rules-based firewalls require you to configure certain things manually, it's not all dumbed down and hidden away like in Zone Alarm.

(3 replies) #4 Jstphish on 06 Feb 2004 - 05:21

I'll stick with Kerio 2.1.5. It's never given me problems.

#4.1 mimeryme on 06 Feb 2004 - 07:36

IMO, they should have stuck w/ the old interface. 2.1.5 works and looks fine compared to the ver4 look. :blegh:

#4.2 G0D on 06 Feb 2004 - 07:48

also using 2.15. shame they dont update that release anymore, 4.x sux major d*ck.
I dont need no zonealarm clone ;/

#4.3 nw_raptor on 06 Feb 2004 - 11:21

2.1.5 for me aswell... i like the simplicity of the interface... but i did try KPF4... i imported the 2.1.5 settings, and then network clients couldnt access internet... i was searching all over for Internet Gateway option, but couldn't find anything... so im back with 2.1.5... Too bad 2.1.5 only wants one trusted NIC

/Raptor

(1 reply) #5 netstarman on 06 Feb 2004 - 05:26

I havent had any problems with Kerio, doesnt hurt to try it out.

#5.1 mipra on 06 Feb 2004 - 07:03

I would suggest u to use Sygate firewall..they're the best one in my opinion

#6 mipra on 06 Feb 2004 - 07:02

BTW, anybody tried whether this works with MSN Messenger voice service?

#7 MitchShrader on 06 Feb 2004 - 10:35

My 2c worth.. if your system is stable, your configuration complex.. (that is, you're a geek with some experience) do NOT change or upgrade for the heck of it. Guess it's preaching to the choir.. but i just had 3 nasty hours uninstalling firebird and cleaning up after because " There is a known bug affecting v 6 of Acrobat Reader''.. (I got the unforgiveable bluescreen in finding this out) .. SO: If you are *almost* perfectly happy with Kerio, you may want to upgrade. If you are using some other product, and it works, my Sincere Advice is, leave it alone. Upgrades are a mess when they don't work.

#8 nullie on 06 Feb 2004 - 18:46

The version is 4.0.11 (new stable version), not 4.0.11 RC2 (two week old beta).

#9 Spyder on 06 Feb 2004 - 20:39

bonus.. maybe i'll give it a try

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