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- | Sygate Personal Firewall 2.1 Build 475 README |
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-
- Thank you for trying Sygate Personal Firewall 2.1 (formerly
- Sybergen Secure Desktop). This document contains important
- information that you may find useful for installing and using
- Sygate Personal Firewall. For additional instructions on
- installing and using Sygate Personal Firewall 2.1,
- please see the Sygate Personal Firewall 2.1 User's
- Guide. You can quickly get to the User Guide from the help
- menu within the Sygate Personal Firewall application.
-
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- | CONTENTS: |
- | |
- | SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS |
- | INSTALLATION AND USE |
- | TROUBLESHOOTING |
- | MAJOR FEATURES |
- | KNOWN ISSUES |
- | HOW TO REGISTER |
- | CONTACT INFORMATION |
- | KNOWN BUGS |
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- | SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS |
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-
- * Intel 486, Pentium or equivalent PC
- * Windows 95 (OSR2 or higher), Windows 98, WinNT 4.0 (SP5 or higher),
- or Win2000
- * 10 MB or more free disk space
- * 32 MB or more available memory
- * Microsoft TCP/IP protocol installed
- * DSL, DirecPC, Cable Modem, ISDN, or Analog Modem
- * A working Internet account with an Internet Service Provider
- * Microsoft DUN (Dial Up Networking) 1.2 or higher or America Online
- 4.0 or higher
- * Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher
-
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- | INSTALLATION AND USE |
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-
- It is recommended that you close any other services or applications
- that may be using your network or modem drivers prior to installing
- Sygate Personal Firewall.
-
- For Windows 95 Users:
- --------------------
- It is recommended that you have Microsoft DUN (Dial Up Networking)
- 1.2 (or later) and Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 (or later).
- You should download Windows 95 Service Pack 1 and Winsock 2.0,
- which can be found at: http://www.microsoft.com/windows95.
-
- IMPORTANT: DO NOT INSTALL SYGATE PERSONAL FIREWALL ON A PDC (Primary
- Domain Controller) OR BDC (Backup Domain Controller).
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- | TROUBLESHOOTING |
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-
- * To verify that your computer is protected by Sygate Personal
- Firewall, click the Test button to do a sample port scan (you
- must be connected directly to the Internet before you do this,
- otherwise, you may scan your Gateway).
-
- * ICS cannot be used in conjunction with Sygate Personal Firewall.
- Make sure that ICS is not being used.
-
- For additional troubleshooting information, please see
- www.sygate.com/support.
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- | MAJOR FEATURES |
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-
- * Sygate Personal Firewall is the new name for Sybergen Secure
- Desktop.
-
- * New easy to use interface
-
- * Email Notification sends security alerts to you via email.
-
- * Application Network Access Policy allows you to allow or
- disallow applications access to the network.
-
- * Trusted IP
-
- * Advanced ICMP. This allows you to customize and dynamically
- block or allow ICMP depending on the ICMP type.
-
- * Support for Bay/Nortel VPN, PPTP VPN, and Shiva VPN.
-
- * Support for pcANYWHERE
-
- * Sygate Personal Firewall detects your Internet connection
- automatically.
-
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- | KNOWN ISSUES |
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-
- * If you are running an older version of Sygate Personal Firewall,
- you must completely uninstall the old version from the Start Menu
- before installing Sygate Personal Firewall 2.1.
-
- * Sygate Personal Firewall does not support IP Forwarding or RRAS
- on an NT/2000 computer.
-
- * Sygate Personal Firewall does not block BootP for DHCP even if
- you have DHCP disabled even though you have not checked the "Allow
- DHCP" check box, you can still obtain your IP Address; but you might
- see several error messages. If you do not want to see any error
- messages, but use a DHCP server, click the "Allow DHCP" box under
- Advanced Port Settings.
-
- * If you upgrade to AOL 6.0 from AOL 4.0 or AOL 5.0, you must reinstall
- Sygate Personal Firewall.
-
- * This build of Sygate Personal Firewall is not compatible with ICS.
- In order to use Sygate Personal Firewall, you must disable ICS
- (ICS is usually disabled by default).
-
- * ATM adapters are not supported.
-
- * If you installed a service pack to NT 4.0, Sygate Personal
- Firewall may not function properly. If this occurs, you need to
- reinstall Sygate Personal Firewall.
-
- * If you upgrade to Windows 2000, you must reinstall Sygate
- Personal Firewall.
-
- * Sygate Personal Firewall 2.1 is not compatible with
- SyGate for Home Office 3.11 or earlier versions.
-
- * If an application is re-enabled from disallowed application list,
- it needs to be restarted to be fully functional.
-
- * If Microsoft PPTP VPN is installed after Sygate Personal
- Firewall installation, you need to uninstall and reinstall Sygate
- Personal Firewall for PPTP to be functional.
-
- * Some Screen Savers, such as any Microsoft 3D screen savers, are not
- compatible with Sygate Personal Firewall ultra-high mode when they
- receive any network message. If you want to use the ultra-high
- schedule option, please verify its functionality when selecting a
- new screen saver under Windows 95.
-
- * Sygate Personal Firewall is not compatible with Cybercop and X-Win32.
- These applications will display error messages and fail when executing
- with Sygate Personal Firewall.
-
- * Sygate Personal Firewall does not support connection to Sygate
- Management Server through PPTP under Windows 95. If you want to use
- PPTP to connect to Sygate Management Server, you need to upgrade
- your operating system to Windows 98 or later version.
-
- * The broadcasting messages for screen saver is not operating properly under
- Windows 2000. It indicates screen saver is on even when the screen saver
- is disabled. As a result, Sygate Personal Firewall will switch on ultra
- high mode when screen saver is disabled. If you do not want ultra high
- protection with screen saver, you need to turn it off in the Sygate Personal
- Firewall configuration panel instead of the Windows screen saver panel.
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- | HOW TO REGISTER |
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-
- For standalone users, you can register this software online at
- http://www.sygate.com/buy/salespolicy.htm. Upon registering
- this software, our website will automatically generate a serial
- number and registration key for your continued usage. After
- receiving this information, you can enter it into the registration
- screen (available in the Help menu from the Sygate Personal
- Firewall manager program).
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- | HOW TO CONTACT TECHNICAL SUPPORT |
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-
- If you are evaluating this software or purchased this software
- online, you can contact Sygate Technologies for support at
- sssupport@sygate.com or go to the Sygate Technologies support
- page at http://www.sygate.com/support/default.htm.
-
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- | KNOWN BUGS |
- +------------+
-
- * Sygate Personal Firewall will cause IIS 4.0 to function
- improperly with port 80 enabled. Sygate Personal Firewall
- will function properly at all security levels in IIS 5.0.
-
- * In high security mode, Windows 95 will not let you log
- on to a domain.
-
- * DNS requests are not logged in Ultra-high mode.
-
- * Windows 2000 can not go in to Standby mode with Sygate
- Personal Firewall service running.
-
- * Sygate Personal Firewall will cease to function property
- once you upgrade to Windows 2000 from Windows 95, 98 or
- NT 4.0. Uninstall and reinstall Sygate Personal Firewall
- to ensure proper functioning.
-
- * No log exists for FTP on medium status.
-
- * Sygate Personal Firewall does not report second
- nmap scanning within 20 seconds of the first scanning.
-
- * Sygate Personal Firewall does not block AOL instant
- messages using Ultra High Security.
-
- * Sygate Personal Firewall may not support a proxy client
- because it might not have a default gateway.
-
- * Sygate Personal Firewall is unable to generate a log for
- a blocked VPN in medium security.
-
- * Disabling network driver under Windows 95 will cause to system
- to hang. Please check your system for disabled network driver
- before installing Sygate Personal Firewall.
-
- How to Get the Latest Release
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- If you would like to get the latest release of Sygate Personal
- Firewall, you may download it from http://www.sygate.com.