Kensington Personal Firewall

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• 3 stars

  deceptive product, firewall software on 10mb flashdrive only!

  by server on September 9, 2005

  Pros: Some Firewall better than No Firewall...

  Cons: Software Based Firewall *ONLY*; pricey; package should be clearer!!

  Summary: I purchased this product thinking it was
  a new HARDWARE/SOFTWARE based FireWall
  all shrunk into a USB key.BS! All they
  did was use a USB flahsdrive to store
  
  
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  Summary: I purchased this product thinking it was
  a new HARDWARE/SOFTWARE based FireWall
  all shrunk into a USB key.BS! All they
  did was use a USB flahsdrive to store the
  5MB firewall file so that now you have a
  "portable firewall" There is no mention that everytime you pop in the USB key, you
  have to run a full firewall installation,
  reboot, re-configure trusted apps, set tcp/ip rules, etc etc etc. The packaging suggests "plug and play security - anytime
  anywhere" and that all one needed to do is just "plug the USB key and all your TCP traffic will automatically be filtered and your system will be safe. Once again BS! Bottom line, don't be misled!
  
  For starters, you can download a much much more robust firewall from the nice folks at www.agnitum.com look for "OUTPOST FIREWALL"
  you will not be disappointed. And you too,
  can make this firewall "portable" by throwing a copy on *ANY* USB flash drive,
  how about that!
  
  I remember one time when I was travelling,
  that I came across a USB drive that had a real hardware firewall built in and offered an additional layer of protection, cause lets face it, software based firewalls will only slow them down moderately at best!
  If I could only remember who made them.

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