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Norton Personal Firewall 2006

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PCQ Bureau
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This firewall comes integrated with



Norton




Proctection




Center




, which monitors security tools such as antivirus,  antispyware, etc

installed on your PC.  The rules for the firewall can be created through a

wizard for  computers, protocols and ports. In addition to blocking or

allowing Internet traffic, rules can also be created for monitoring connections.



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Price:

Rs. 1,999
Key

Specs:
Intrusion prevention, ad and pop-up blocking, privacy control, detailed reporting, real time alerts
Contact:

Symantec, MumbaiTel: 26570658 Email: Krishita_Motwani@symantec.com 
Norton Personal Firewall 2006 can detect and alert you about the attacks in real time

For blocking pop-ups and ads, the software integrates

itself with IE as a toolbar. It can also be customized to allow such information

from desired sites. Its Privacy Control feature lets you secure personal data.

So, if users attempt to send protected information by an email or through

IM, the firewall will either  warn about security risks or block the

connection. The firewall provides real time alerts of attacks and the traffic it

blocks. It also creates different types of logs for content blocking, privacy,

firewall, etc.

 We tested the firewall with DoS attacks and found it

successful in detecting, blocking and reporting them in real time. Then we

conducted a port scan attack using Nessus, which it again passed successfully.

However, in the ad blocking capability test, it failed as unwanted ads found

their way through to the browser. Also, when you switch between networks, the

Firewall repeatedly  prompts for the profile to be used, which is a bit

annoying.

Bottom Line: This product is nicely balanced between

price and performance. Hence, worth a buy for PC users.

Swapnil Arora

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