Kerio to scrap desktop firewall

Vikingod · Oct 20, 2005, 05:34 PM

Kerio will stop offering its Kerio Personal Firewall product as of Dec. 31 but will continue to support existing customers until the end of next year, said James Gudeli, vice president of strategic business relations at the Santa Clara, Calif., company.

The Kerio Personal Firewall is available in a free and paid version, which for $45 adds such features as intrusion detection, remote administration and Web filtering. The software has been downloaded more than 2 million times since it became available in March 2002, the company said.
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SaberZ · Oct 20, 2005, 07:20 PM

Its quite a shame since I know a lot of people loved Kerio firewall software. They actually found it to be far better than Zone Alarm.

I heard it was quite an amazing peice of software.

crlorentzen · Oct 20, 2005, 07:48 PM

I still use there old Kerio 2.1.5 since it is far better than the 4.x series. Have tested ZA, Jetico, Sygate, and Nortons firewall products but I always return to Kerio, the best rule based firewall. And 2.1.5 was dropped years ago.

riles9262 · Oct 20, 2005, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by crlorentzen

I still use there old Kerio 2.1.5 since it is far better than the 4.x series. Have tested ZA, Jetico, Sygate, and Nortons firewall products but I always return to Kerio, the best rule based firewall. And 2.1.5 was dropped years ago.

My thoughts exactly. I love 2.1.5, and have been using it for the past couple years.

Matth · Oct 21, 2005, 04:13 PM

A lot of control in the free version, more than in Zonealarm free.

Kerio will be a sad loss, as it was the firewall of choice for anyone wanting port level comtrol without a high price - though as basic firewall fetures dont need constant updates, the old versions will remain useful for a lot longer than a discontinued antivirus would, especially as the free mode lacks many of the features that would benefit from updates.

mkk · Oct 22, 2005, 12:06 AM

2.15 forever.

(until IPv6 or something hits)

crlorentzen · Oct 22, 2005, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by mkk

2.15 forever.

(until IPv6 or something hits)

Yeah once IPv6 becomes more widely used we will need to upgrade to something else that supports the 128 bit IPs, as well as ICMPv6.

btw: the more I learn about IPv6 the more I like it. higher throughput due to shorter queues without CRC checks at each router and no fragmentation at intermediate nodes since the MSS is 576. I just hope someone makes somethiong as elegant as Kerio 2.1.5.

Oct 20, 2005, 05:34 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Kerio to scrap desktop firewall Kerio will stop offering its Kerio Personal Firewall product as of Dec. 31 but will continue to support existing customers until the end of next year, said James Gudeli, vice president of strategic business relations at the Santa Clara, Calif., company. The Kerio Personal Firewall is available in a free and paid version, which for $45 adds such features as intrusion detection, remote administration and Web filtering. The software has been downloaded more than 2 million times since it became available in March 2002, the company said. __________ Read More / Source: ZDNet

Oct 20, 2005, 07:20 PM	#2
SaberZ -Android Fanatic- Join Date: May 2003 Location: North Jersey Posts: 454 Rep Power: 58 System Specs	Its quite a shame since I know a lot of people loved Kerio firewall software. They actually found it to be far better than Zone Alarm. I heard it was quite an amazing peice of software. __________________ SaberZ- -Vostro 1500 w/Windows 7 x64 -Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4ghz (Penryn) -320GB WD Scorpio 7200 RPM HDD -4GB Patriot DDR2 800 (2x2GB) -Nvidia 8600M GT 256

Oct 20, 2005, 07:48 PM	#3
crlorentzen DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 1,201 Rep Power: 0	I still use there old Kerio 2.1.5 since it is far better than the 4.x series. Have tested ZA, Jetico, Sygate, and Nortons firewall products but I always return to Kerio, the best rule based firewall. And 2.1.5 was dropped years ago. __________________

Oct 21, 2005, 04:13 PM	#5
Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,426 Rep Power: 93 System Specs	A lot of control in the free version, more than in Zonealarm free. Kerio will be a sad loss, as it was the firewall of choice for anyone wanting port level comtrol without a high price - though as basic firewall fetures dont need constant updates, the old versions will remain useful for a lot longer than a discontinued antivirus would, especially as the free mode lacks many of the features that would benefit from updates.

Oct 22, 2005, 12:06 AM	#6
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,495 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	2.15 forever. (until IPv6 or something hits)