Re: Firewalls, annual licence fee ?

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"Ozzie" <black.hole@ukgateway.net> wrote in message
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> Why are most firewall programs sold with annual licence fees ?
>
> Surely they are not upgraded every day like Anti virus progs.
> Is it really necessary to keep a firewall up to date all the time ?
>
> I'm still running Sygate, should I be concerned it hasn't been upgraded
> since its' demise last year?
>
> Do firewalls shut down if the annual fee is not paid.?

Some software-based systems will. I know that CyBlock
filtering software will quit filtering, if the annual license
is not paid. CyBlock will still function as a proxy, but
the filtering part of it will cease to function if there is
no current valid license key entered.
Received on Mon May 1 01:03:29 2006