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- + Readme for Sygate Personal Firewall 5.0 Build 1175 +
- + Copyright (C) 1997-2002 Sygate Technologies, Inc. +
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-
- Thank you for choosing Sygate Personal Firewall 5.0 for your security
- needs. This document contains useful information on the use of Sygate
- Personal Firewall. For detailed documentation on the installation and
- use of Sygate Personal Firewall 5.0, please see the Sygate Personal
- Firewall 5.0 User Guide.
-
- This file contains notes on known issues associated with this build of
- Sygate Personal Firewall Version 5.0.
-
- *===============================*
- | CONTENTS |
- | |
- | 1. System Requirements |
- | 2. Installation and Use |
- | 3. Troubleshooting |
- | 4. New Features |
- | 5. Known Issues |
- | 6. Contact Information |
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- 1. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
- ====================================
-
- MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
-
- - Pentium 133 or equivalent
- - 32 MB RAM (128 for Windows 2000 Server)
- - 10 MB free disk space
- - At least one network adapter or modem
- - TCP/IP protocol installed
- - Internet Explorer Version 4.0 or later
-
-
- OPERATING SYSTEMS (any one or a combination of those listed below)
-
- - Windows 95 (OSR2 & OSR2.5)
- - Windows 98, 98 Second Edition
- - Windows Millennium Edition (ME)
- - Windows NT 4.0 Workstation or Server with SP4 or later
- - Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server with SP4 or later
- - Windows 2000 Professional
- - Windows 2000 Server, Advanced Server, Data Center
- - Windows XP Home Edition, Professional
-
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- 2. INSTALLATION AND USE
- ====================================
-
- Before installing Sygate Personal Firewall, it is recommended that
- you close all other applications that may be accessing your modem
- drivers or network.
-
-
- IMPORTANT: For ISDN via Ethernet, DSL, cable modem, you need to
- verify that these devices can connect to your computer through
- Ethernet. DirecPC users, please see the Section 5, entitled
- "Known Issues".
-
-
- ====================================
- 3. TROUBLESHOOTING
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-
- ***************
- * Aurorean VPN*
- ***************
-
- Sygate Personal Firewall 5.0 may block Enterasys Aurorean VPN client
- software. To resolve the issue, please create an advanced security
- rule as the following:
-
- 1. Allow both inbound & outbound traffic with Protocol: IP Type 223.
-
- ***********
- * DirecPC *
- ***********
-
- There is a timeout discrepancy between the DirecPC and the Sygate
- Personal Firewall services. Users who utilize DirecPC should do the
- following to insure smooth operation -
-
- 1. After installing Sygate Personal Firewall, open DirecPC.
-
- 2. When the Sygate Personal Firewall pop-up message asks if you wish
- to allow DirecPC access to your network, place a check in the
- "Remember my answer and don't ask me again for this application"
- check box and click "Yes".
-
- 3. Close DirecPC and open again.
-
-
- ************
- * Winpopup *
- ************
-
- In order to receive messages, in Winpopup while Sygate Personal Firewall is
- running, you must enable "Allow others to share my files" from the Options
- menu.
-
-
- For additional troubleshooting information, FAQs, and other online help,
- please visit http://soho.sygate.com/support/.
-
-
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- 4. FEATURES
- ====================================
-
- Please refer to Sygate Personal Firewall 5.0 User Guide or other online
- documentation for detailed descriptions of new features.
-
- ====================================
- 5. KNOWN ISSUES
- ====================================
-
- The following are known issues in this build of Sygate Personal Firewall
- 5.0. They will be addressed or fixed in later builds/versions of this
- product:
-
- * You will continue to get frequent prompts even when
- "Auto Allow Known DLLs" is enabled.
-
- * If the host PC system has multiple network protocol drivers installed,
- Sygate Personal Firewall may have significant performance impact.
-
- * The "Block Traffic When Service Is Not Running" selection may prevent
- the host PC from receiving IP address from DHCP server.
-
- * Sygate Personal Firewall does not support Windows XP fast switch feature.
-
- * Sygate Personal Firewall may not be compatible with other personal
- firewalls. It is NOT recommended to install multiple firewalls on a
- system.
-
- * Sygate Personal Firewall is not compatible with BlackIce Defender.
-
- * Launching an Internet browser from Sygate Personal Firewall user
- interface will trigger Internet Connection Wizard if you have never
- configured your Internet connection.
-
- * Activating Stealth Mode Browsing may cause some web pages and
- RealAudio to fail.
-
- * Sygate Personal Firewall may cause a Windows 98 system unable to
- shutdown if NetBEUI coexists on the system.
-
-
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- 6. CONTACT INFORMATION
- ====================================
-
- If you are evaluating this software or have purchased this software, please
- visit http://soho.sygate.com/support/ for technical support.
-
-