Saturday, February 04, 2012





Version Comparison

The 8Signs Firewall is available in a Workstation and a Server version. The following charts outline the differences between these two versions.

Operating System Support

X - indicates that the operating system is supported.

Operating System Workstation Firewall Server Firewall
Windows 95/98 X X
Windows ME X X
Windows NT Workstation X X
Windows NT Server X
Windows 2000 Pro X X
Windows 2000 Server X
Windows XP Home/Pro X X
Windows Server 2003 X


Feature Comparison

X - indicates that the feature is present.
Click on a feature for more information.


Feature Description Workstation Firewall Server Firewall
Stateful Inspection X X
Port Scan Detection X X
Ban List X X
Tarpits X X
HTTP Filtering X
Password Security X X
Remote Administration X
Connections Viewer X X
SYN Flood Detection X X
Ports Display X
Full-Time Security X X
Separate Rulesets for Each Adapter X X
MAC Address Filtering X X
IP Tracer X X
Comprehensive Logging X X
Remote Notification of Rule Hits X X
Automatic Emailing of Log File X X
Time Sensitive Rules X X
Control of all Protocols X X

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