[118369] in Cypherpunks
Desktop security tools
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Broiles)
Sun Sep 26 04:59:20 1999
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Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 01:37:25 -0700
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From: Greg Broiles <gbroiles@netbox.com>
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I've been reading about tools for securing individual Windows boxes - not
that I expect a lot of security out of a Microsoft system (or any system
which wasn't designed with security in mind), but it's nice to take the
steps which are possible even if they aren't a guarantee of success.
I've run across two which look useful -
AtGuard is $30 from Walker Richer & Quinn at <http://www.atguard.com>. It
can log, warn, and block on incoming and outgoing network activity, based
on IP address or protocol. It will also suppress or modify common web
browser behavior with security/privacy implications - e.g., cookies,
referer and user agent fields.
Back Officer Friendly is $10 from Network Flight Recorder at
<http://www.nfr.net/products/bof/> - it watches the Back Orifice port (and
can be configured to watch other well-known ports like mail, ftp, and http)
and log and warn the user of outside attempts to access those ports.
They've also got a Unix version which comes with source.
Network Associates/McAfee seems to have a product called GuardDog for $40
($60 if you want a CD) which sounds similar to AtGuard but includes virus
checking in executables attached to E-mail; I got tired of fighting with
their export control and user tracking pages before successfully completing
a download.
Are there other systems (for Windows, or other OSes) which are worth
looking at?
--
Greg Broiles
gbroiles@netbox.com
PGP: 0x26E4488C
