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What is your firewall security setup?
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<blockquote data-quote="Trident" data-source="post: 1078619" data-attributes="member: 99014"><p>I do not recommend the free firewall app for the following reason:</p><p>It includes Anti-Bot functionality which does the following:</p><p>-Blocks malicious communications based on domain and IP reputation, and communication patterns, such as protocols used.</p><p>-Blocks malicious communications based on program behaviour (machine learning).</p><p>-Automatically removes programs as soon as they attempt to perform malicious communication, rolls actions back and generates a forensic report (just sitting in a folder with no easy option to access it).</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.checkpoint.com/downloads/product-related/datasheets/ds-anti-bot.pdf[/URL]</p><p></p><p>Anti-bot requires the forensic recorder engine to be running, which also powers Anti-Ransomware and Behavioural Guard. However, Anti-Ransomware and Behavioural Guard are not available for free, so the engine records all the data just for anti-bot. Waste of resources in my opinion. It would make much more sense to get Extreme Security with the threat emulation and everything, or to just find a lightweight firewall from someone else.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trident, post: 1078619, member: 99014"] I do not recommend the free firewall app for the following reason: It includes Anti-Bot functionality which does the following: -Blocks malicious communications based on domain and IP reputation, and communication patterns, such as protocols used. -Blocks malicious communications based on program behaviour (machine learning). -Automatically removes programs as soon as they attempt to perform malicious communication, rolls actions back and generates a forensic report (just sitting in a folder with no easy option to access it). [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.checkpoint.com/downloads/product-related/datasheets/ds-anti-bot.pdf[/URL] Anti-bot requires the forensic recorder engine to be running, which also powers Anti-Ransomware and Behavioural Guard. However, Anti-Ransomware and Behavioural Guard are not available for free, so the engine records all the data just for anti-bot. Waste of resources in my opinion. It would make much more sense to get Extreme Security with the threat emulation and everything, or to just find a lightweight firewall from someone else. [/QUOTE]
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