[pchelpers] News:Firewall Protection Fantasy Doused

Free firewalls are better than their paid-for cousins. That is the
surprising conclusion of a test of desktop firewalls by security
researchers. Researchers at David Matousec's matousec.com carried out
tests on 21 leading products using 26 assessment programs known as
"leak" testers. These simulated a total of 77 test attacks on firewalls,
configured using both out-of-the-box and optimal security settings.

Each firewall was then awarded points based on its ability to pass each
leak test in both modes.

Free firewalls put to the test

The only two products to achieve a rating of "excellent" turned out to
be free-to-use software, the Comodo Personal Firewall v2.3, and the
Jetico Personal Firewall v2.0 beta. They scored, respectively, 9,350 and
9,125 points out of a possible total of 9,625, leaving the nearest
rivals some way behind.

More here:
http://www.cio.in/news/viewArticle/ARTICLEID=2496
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