A little help with Kerio

[ferrarimodena360]

Hi

i have been a long time user of ZAP, infact havent ever used another firewall
but as i started using p2p, my experincwe with ZAP became bitter n bitter

i need a firewall that is "P2P Friendly",

i have been reading older threads here, and 1 of the most popular firewall is kerio, also many users said that kerio 2.51 is better then newer versions of 4x

why is 2.5.1 better than newerer builds

and as i am leaving ZAP behind, am i moving in the right direction

[MPXX]

Well I'm running Kerio Personal Firewall 4 and I'm not having any problems with it and P2P nor any filesharing programs. It has locked up once in the past with some Java conflict in my browser..put my comp to a crawl for 10 min..although that's the only conflict I had with KPF 4 so far.

Now the reason why some people like the older 2 version is that it's simpler, smaller footprint, and uses less resources than the later KPF. I used it before as well, but 2.5 doesn't have as many features as 4 like ad-blocking, privacy filters, intrustion detection etc.

If you want a basic barebone firewall, go for Kerio PF 2.5, if you want the other features with a more advanced GUI then go for version 4...

[ferrarimodena360]

Well I'm running Kerio Personal Firewall 4 and I'm not having any problems with it and P2P nor any filesharing programs. It has locked up once in the past with some Java conflict in my browser..put my comp to a crawl for 10 min..although that's the only conflict I had with KPF 4 so far.

Now the reason why some people like the older 2 version is that it's simpler, smaller footprint, and uses less resources than the later KPF. I used it before as well, but 2.5 doesn't have as many features as 4 like ad-blocking, privacy filters, intrustion detection etc.

If you want a basic barebone firewall, go for Kerio PF 2.5, if you want the other features with a more advanced GUI then go for version 4...

i could use a better gui, but dont want adblock or privacy filters
for now i am sticking with 2.5.1, but might later on try 4.x versions

but it uses only 5.7RAM, after being connected to emule (and kad), and bittorrent for over 10Hrs
Thats Awesome

vmon.exe went crazy when connected to any p2p, especially emule :drunken_s

[inoesomestuff]

im running v4.1.3 and its taking up 17M, im thinking of downgrading to v2.x but i like the intrusion detection thing in v4.x ive had no problems with running it and p2p programs

[ferrarimodena360]

This is awesome

v2.5.1

[Krell]

I was not going to post here unless someone chimed in with opinions about a different firewall

Good choice, as I said in another thread, im glad ur off ZAP

We look forward to reports from your tests

cheers


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[bobhss]

Where do you get Kerio Personal firewall 2.5.1? Is that a typo? I've got 2.1.5 and am a bit confused.

[ferrarimodena360]

Where do you get Kerio Personal firewall 2.5.1? Is that a typo? I've got 2.1.5 and am a bit confused.

yea sorry bout that its 2.1.5

[.:sp00ky:.]

is it better than sygate 5.6 pro iv been using sygate or agers iv tryed alot of other firewalls but have always comeback to sygate.

[ferrarimodena360]

is it better than sygate 5.6 pro iv been using sygate or agers iv tryed alot of other firewalls but have always comeback to sygate.

d00d give it a shot...it is very basic, 1337 57uff :icon_rr:

[grab_grab_the_haddock]

but it uses only 5.7RAM, after being connected to emule (and kad), and bittorrent for over 10Hrs
Thats Awesome



The newer 4.x version uses way more system resources than 2.1.5. It's really a completely different firewall. 4.x is a more application based firewall. Less configurable, way more bloat, less options. Stick with 2.1.5.

Make sure you have 2.1.5 set up properly, the default ruleset is a bit slack.

[.:sp00ky:.]

well i have it set up not as easy to use as sygate but i really like how it shows all the connections and its doesnt use hardly any ram il stick with it for abit as im too lazy to reset my pc again.

[ferrarimodena360]

well i have it set up not as easy to use as sygate but i really like how it shows all the connections and its doesnt use hardly any ram il stick with it for abit as im too lazy to reset my pc again.

:icon_thum I have been testing this baby since past 4hrs now, and it cleared all possible firewall tests listed on google, and just to make things more interesting i started running upto 3 simultaneous tests, (dsl, grc and pcflank) :icon_boun

and reason why i removed ZAP, was that it was effecting DC++, many a times results wont showup, and and reopening DC++ would work
a little more research, and i found out ZAP has a memory leak issue with emule, i leave emule overnight along with torrents, and vsmon.exe would shoot upto 70mbs,

but with this baby, i have left my comp overnight (10hrs), with emule runnin, and downloading 3 torrents via bitspirit, and in the morning it was using only 5mb Ram, great just great :icon_salu

[.:sp00ky:.]

could you put some links for firewall tests id like to give some ago.

oh and for it me uses around 8mb ram which is nothing to moan about really when i have over a gig of ram :P

[ferrarimodena360]

http://www.pcflank.com/test.htm
http://www.auditmypc.com/freescan/scanoptions.asp
http://www.testmyfirewall.com/
http://www.hackerwatch.org/probe/
http://www.dslreports.com/scan/
http://www.hackerwatch.org/probe/
http://scan.sygatetech.com/

[cpugeniusmv]

https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

[ferrarimodena360]

https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

did that, alls kewl :icon_comp

[Lehk]

skip the software firewall, shell out for a NAT switch/ firewall and configure static internal IP's you can use normal port forwarding or port triggering, a NAT switch/firewall will also keep your LAN running smoothly even when your internet connection has problems.

edit: expect to pay about 30-50 for a decent one.

[.:sp00ky:.]

thanks for the links guys kerio past them all so im gonna stick with it seems a solid firewall.

[WackoTacko]

hey guys... since youre all at this, can someone help me out with this result?.... im using spf 5.6 but im thinking of switching over to kerio after all i read from u guys

so well first.. can someone help me with the security resullt
and, can someone point me to where i can get kerio 2.1.5? thanks

Wacko

[ferrarimodena360]

kerio cleared the pcflank test, so try kerio then 2.1.5

[Krell]

Show us the result

[ferrarimodena360]

all test cept the browser privacy test actually, privacy test is not cleared but as u rightly pointed out this is nuthing to worry bout, i am not even sure thats what a firewall is meant to do, when u let a program access the internet (in this case ff), firewall cant do much

edit: ill try n play around a lil with kerio and see if this cna also be cleared

[ferrarimodena360]

just did the http://www.dslreports.com/scan/ , alls kewl, krell waiting for ur comments on the privacy issue,

[inoesomestuff]

alot of it depends on how your Hardware firewall is configurated too