Matousec's Test (2011-6-20) Norton didn't fair well

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Is there a reason why NIS 2011 showed so poorly on these tests.

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Is there a reason why NIS 2011 showed so poorly on these tests.

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Matousec's scoring method has its critics:

 

http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/matousec-personal-firewall-tests-analyzed.htm

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Interesting writeup.  It seems to me that the logic is just a little fuzzy.  If the firewall failed to do its job after a certain level, why test it further?  It is inadequate in some way.

 

It likely has to do with the default allow or default deny concepts.  One believes that the antivirus need not be perfect if the firewall is good enough to stop anything.  I can see problems developing among those users who must allow things without thought.

 

On the other hand, there are those developers who believe that the firewall does not have to be perfect, so long as the antivirus is completely effective 100% of the time.  Unfortunately, we know that is simply not possible.

 

The best we can get is a program with the strongest elements of firewall, antivirus, and educated and suspicious users.