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Questions About Kerio Firewall

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    James Martin

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    Hello All,
    When using KFW for the 1st time, how does one know what to allow in & out of their computer?...Some incoming & outgoing traffic is difficult to determine what is necessary to function on the internet and which is adware or hackers or spyware!...All comments welcome.

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    By default I believe Kerio blocks everything incoming.

    I say " I believe " because I have a Router and very little ( if anything ) uninvited incoming gets past it.

    You as the User have to decide what get out.

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    James Martin

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    Hi BB,
    For me, that's a little easier said than done...Don't know anything about a router yet...Is that freeware or do you have to buy it?

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    No it is not free and it is not software.

    It is about a $70 HARDWARE investment.

    It is a hardware Firewall not software. And a bit more reliable than software. At least on the incoming side. It has nothing to do with what goes out.

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    James Martin

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    Any advice on what brands or where to buy it?...Is it hard to hookup to W98se?

    J. M.
     
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    Kerio can be somewhat intimidating when you first start to use it - it is more 'intelligent' than Zone Alarm which tends to block most things withot asking.

    The method I used when changing over to Kerio some months ago was to evaluate. in as much as I could, whether the request was 'reasonable' or expected. Best thing is to 'permit' or 'deny' - if in doubt, rather than make a rule straight off. If a 'deny' fouls up what you are doing then clearly a 'permit' and probably a rule based on that permit is in order.

    A good line of approach is this - if a program on your m/c wants to contact the internet - and you recognise the program - 'permit'.
    If something you don't recognise wants to come in - 'deny'

    Even if you make a rule this can be turned off or deleted through Admin if it is inappropriate.

    You may find some guidance here - and read the Kerio manual :D
    http://www.blarp.com/faq/faqmanager.cgi?toc=kerio
     
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    Thanks Pete...That link has some good info, so I will bookmark it...Actually this thread is for a friends computer but I used to use KFW myself but it began to slow my computer down to a crawl so I had to disable it for now...Would ZA slow me down as well, or would it be worse than KFW...Seems like 64mb of memory in W98se would be enough to manage a firewall & AVG without the computer crawling...That was all I was running in the lower right corner of the desktop.

    J. M.
     
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    I used to use the free ZA, tried the Kerio [kept it] and noticed an immediate inprovement in my dial up connection speed, not the actual modem connection, but faster thoughput all around. This on 98Se with AVG.
     
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    James Martin

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    Are you saying your web pages loaded faster with KFW? :eek:

    J. M.
     
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    Yes.
     
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    James Martin

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    Wow, maybe I need to try it again...Did you use the default configuration?

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    Under the Miscellaneous tab, I disabled DNS resolving and Animate Traffic, left the Rules already in place.
     
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