Sophos Antispam filtering, enhanced firewall, SOCKS and SMTP virus scanning...
New in v5.1: Sophos' Antispam filtering feature, enhanced firewall (to "reveal true stealth"), dedicated PC feature for enhanced performance, NAT-mapped ports, SOCKS scanning, content-filtering; Release Notes Upgrade Meter: 5
New in v4.0f: Support for DirecPC on Win 98/ME/2000 (DirecPC not supported on Win NT), corrected a problem in incoming mapped ports in 4.0R1e; Release Notes Upgrade Meter: 2
New in v4.0c: Support for the new StarBand 360 and NettGain 2000, fixed a bug that truncates some email messages, various other minor bug fixes; Release Notes Upgrade Meter: 2
New in v4.0: Robust user restrictions and Internet access control, SMTP virus scanning support, outgoing mail virus scanning option, support for VPN client access, Extensive alerting for events (with advanced user modifiable notification for virus attempts, smart filter, whitelist and blacklist violations), various other feature enhancements; Notes Upgrade Meter: 5
New in v2.1g: Fixes all known performance problems, time restrictions for automatic dial-up connection, password-based Remote Administration; Release Notes Upgrade Meter: 2
New: Improved performance, additional support for multiple mail servers, "Passive Mode" support for FTP, improved caching, SSL support on non-standard ports; Release Notes
Pros: · Easy to set up and maintain, · Provides firewall security capabilities, · Inexpensive, · Remote browser-based administration, · Site logging
Cons: · Runs only on Windows NT/95/XP platforms, · No native logfile-analysis tools
