madirish
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Cleveland, OH
2 edits | Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall 4.3.635
A new version is Finally out:
5. CHANGE LOG
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* Corrected issue in which registration fails when firewall is enabled.
* Significant improvement in network performance when web filtering is enabled.
* Enhanced Process Injection prevention to prevent code inject attempts into Windows system DLLs.
* Corrected numerous application crashes in the firewall service.
* Corrected various crashes in assist.exe
* Corrected issue in which setting password and checking for update does not cancel authentication form.
* Corrected issue in which binary data appeared in logs.
* Significant improvement in product stability.
dl here:»www.sunbelt-software.com/Kerio.cfm
found first bug-went to backup the rules and S.Kerio just spits out a 0 kb cfg file-tried 4 times
second bug-cannot delete that 0 KB file-get the "is being used by another person or program error".Have to shut S.Kerio down before being able to delete the worthless backup file. |
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madirish
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join:2003-08-04
Cleveland, OH
| well this is fun-still can't get Kerio to export a config file-(all are 0 kb files-last version the cfg file was 688 kb) tried 3 different dls to no avail all were same results.
Tried installing on a second pc I have.Installed (or tried to) on my F partion (3 times).Kerio was installed in the D partion instead (where Windows is installed).Also I tried to import my config file (which I copied from the last version) and all I get is "Cannot import configuration:database error"
Very disappointed that after so long,Sunbelt would actually release something that is so messed up.  |
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ghost16825
Use security metrics
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join:2003-08-26 | reply to madirish
A company takes over the poor source code of Kerio 4x, works on it for quite some time, yet their release is still a beta quality release at best. Somehow I find this amusing. |
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madirish
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join:2003-08-04
Cleveland, OH
| said by ghost16825  :A company takes over the poor source code of Kerio 4x, works on it for quite some time, yet their release is still a beta quality release at best. Somehow I find this amusing. sad thing is if they only would have opened up a beta release these things could have been found and fixed before they released this version.Oh well reverted back to before I dl this thing-using good ole 2.1.5 again  |
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Hutch
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Out House | reply to madirish
Any one else installed the latest version. I imported my original config file without a hitch.
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cabroadband
join:2005-12-10
Tokyo, Japan
|  I upgraded without a hitch as well. I think many folks are trying to import pre-4.3.268 configurations. I tried the same and it did not work. I started afresh with v4.3.268 and everything has worked well since then, including this very smooth upgrade. |
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madirish
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join:2003-08-04
Cleveland, OH
| reply to madirish
I did (tried) a fresh install.No upgrade.I did not install Kerio in the default location.
On my 2nd pc,I finally let Kerio install in default location D: (default installs where windows is and this is the partition where I have windows installed) and there was no problem-try installing fresh in a non-default location.Thats were you run into problems.
The config I tried to install was from 4.3.268.And as I stated above it was 688 kb. |
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mers2
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| reply to madirish
Sunbelt is much more customer friendly than Kerio, so I have no doubt that if these bugs are reported and any information requested is provided to them the bugs will be fixed.
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BlitzenZeus
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| reply to madirish
In my opinion Kerio 4.x never left beta, and Kerio's developers ignored many bug reports when they tried to force out a version to charge money for to begin with. They didn't fix some major bug reported in the beta until 4.1x, but still many remained. I'm not sure what Sunbelt can really do here anymore, and anyone who has had to try to fix somebody else's code know how much of a royal pain in the ass that is to even find the source of the problem, nevermind fixing it.
Sometimes I wonder how Tiny 2.x would have faired if the group that called themselves Kerio didn't take it over, but either way it would have been bought out/taken over by another company it seems.
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madirish
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Cleveland, OH
| Just received a reply from tech suppost saying the devs are looking into this problem-work around is to upgrade instead of installing fresh-
Also told them their import tool doesn't work
we'll see what they can do
like you said BZ don't know when or if they can fix these problems |
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cm64
@net.au | I installed over the top of .268 after first stopping SKPF. No problems, all seems to be OK & I can export config. Installed to default location. |
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madirish
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join:2003-08-04
Cleveland, OH
| said by cm64 :
I installed over the top of .268 after first stopping SKPF. No problems, all seems to be OK & I can export config. Installed to default location.
If you have a previous version installed and then update to current version everything is ok.
The problems arise when you install current version without having a previous version installed first.
The install problems were there in the previous build also
Sunbelt has their hands full |
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Galewind
join:2004-05-21
Surprise, AZ | Will this new version install over v4.2.2, or would it be best to get rid of 4.2.2 & install this version fresh? |
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madirish
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join:2003-08-04
Cleveland, OH
| said by Galewind :Will this new version install over v4.2.2, or would it be best to get rid of 4.2.2 & install this version fresh? It would be better if you install over 4.2.2,that way you should avoid the problems that I have been reporting-I would make sure to backup your most current config just incase. |
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fuziwuzi
Not born yesterday
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join:2005-07-01
Atlanta, GA
| reply to madirish
I wonder if the new version fixes the issue I had with the firewall interfering with WinXP's themes, either on their own or especially noticeable when using Stardock's Windowblinds. I had numerous emails between Stardock and Sunbelt support people and Stardock reported that several users of their software who were using the Sunbelt Kerio firewall report the same issue. However, Sunbelt, after telling me to set this and set that and do this and that and nothing working to fix the issue, basically told me to forget it, they didn't care that their software interfered with another.
So I had paid for their firewall but can't use it. I switched to Comodo and it works just fine without interfering. |
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Grail Knight
Who Dares Wins
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join:2003-05-31 | reply to madirish
Well I updated exactly as you mentioned and the export size is
zero.
Will try the work around later. |
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madirish
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join:2003-08-04
Cleveland, OH
| reply to fuziwuzi
said by fuziwuzi :especially noticeable when using Stardock's Windowblinds. Although I'm not running Sunbelt Kerio now (using 2.1.5)when I did I had no problems with Windowblinds or Rightclick.This version actually fixed a small problem I had with Rightclick (had to do with sdmcp.exe) |
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Mathew Thomas
@twtelecom.net
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We've now fixed the issue with the config file export/import. We're going to post another build within a week or so that will include that fix. To get around the issue, you need to change the registration info so the config file gets saved. Just open the wizard and and press next. This will fix the broken config and you should be able to import and export. My apologies for your bad user experience. We have made numerous internal bug fixes and driver fixes to improve stability (fixed a lot of crashing issues) as well as performance improvements (web filtering).
Thanks,
Mathew Thomas
Sunbelt Software |
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madirish
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join:2003-08-04
Cleveland, OH
1 edit | just uninstalled 2.1.5 and installed 4.3.635.this is what I got (followed your instructions)when trying to save config
Thanks Mathew -I'll wait for next update |
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Mathew Thomas
@twtelecom.net
| reply to BlitzenZeus
Hi BlitzenZeus,
You're right about bugs and problems with Kerio 4.1.x. And I know that we've had the product for some time now without a release - until now. Taking over a complex product such as this isn't easy, but we're very pleased with what we've accomplished over recent months.
Please, please, please try out the 4.3.635 release! We have fixed a metric ton of crashing issues and stability problems (some really hard bugs) as well as performance improvements. I really believe this is the most stable and reliable version of this product in its history. We are committed to improving the product and we will be announcing our plans for Vista 32/64 support very soon.
Best regards,
Mathew Thomas
Sunbelt Software |
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