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Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 16:07:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Krzysztof Duleba <krzysan AT skrzynka DOT pl>
cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Cygwin and firewalls
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On Fri, 17 Jun 2005, Krzysztof Duleba wrote:

> I am wondering if there is a firewall that coexists with Cygwin well.
> IIRC, there were complaints about Norton software and about some other
> firewalls too. What would you recommend me?
>
> I ask because I've never had to use firewall before (my home box is
> behind NAT in a secure network) and I have no experience with Windows
> firewalls. I've just bought a laptop and a firewall seems to be
> necessary in this case.

I've been using Cygwin heavily with no problems for over a year (including
running sshd/httpd, etc) with ZoneLabs Integrity Desktop (our corporate
firewall software).  I've also heard good things said about Kerio Personal
Firewall.  There were some discussions of recommended firewalls in the
past, but I don't have a ready pointer -- perhaps someone else does.

For some reason I thought there was an FAQ entry listing known-good
firewall software, but I can't seem to find it now.  Perhaps it was all in
my imagination...
	Igor
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