Strong competition: rising firewall VS Skynet Firewall

Source: PConline

Author: Guo Hua, responsible editor: linjixiong

Skynet firewall and rising firewall, the first one is the leader in the number of personal firewalls installed, the second one is gradually exposed based on anti-virus software, and the former one is called "hacker development, anti-Black dedicated ", the latter was evaluated by netizens as "professionals designed for ordinary people ". Which of the two outstanding domestic firewall software should we choose? Let's take a closer look at the Pconline Software Evaluation Section.

This evaluation will first compare the anti-black features of the two firewalls at the same time, to see who has better design and more user-friendly operations. Then we will conduct some simple Attack and Defense tests to see how these two firewall software protects our devices when they are attacked by Trojans.

　　Participating Evaluation Software Version:

Software	Version Information
Rising Personal Firewall2005	17.05.03
Skynet firewall Personal Edition	2.7.1 . 1101

I. firewall functions-tit for tat

　　1. Rising security level settings vs Skynet security level settings

The security level settings of both are quite prominent: Rising's security level settings are in the lower right corner of the interface, while Skynet's security level settings are in the center of the main interface. The security levels defined by the two are low, medium, and high. In a rough view, they are quite similar. In fact, their classification bases are quite different.

Rising security level settings are divided into: Low-not connected to the Internet, medium-connected to the LAN, high-directly connected to the Internet. As shown in the following figure:
　　

 

 

The security level is displayed for skynet in a prominent position ".

The security level settings of Skynet are set in the "Setup Wizard". here we can see four types of security levels of Skynet firewall, which are different from those of rising:

In general, users can use the recommended Skynet firewall.

In contrast, Skynet's security level is very targeted. The "intermediate security level" recommended by Skynet is especially suitable for first-time users, users who only view web pages can use "High Security Level" to ensure security. Skynet provides security protection based on what users want to do. This approach is a perfect combination of rigor and practicality. Rising security levels are clearly classified by network environment, but there are two security levels: medium and high, the security classification of rising firewall is not as targeted as Skynet.

In addition, because the "Custom" security level of Skynet is the "custom IP rules" of Skynet, We will compare it with rising's "custom IP rules, we will not discuss it here.

Comments: In the security level settings evaluation, Rising's interface is friendly and easy to use for beginners. Skynet is more targeted.

　　2. Rising IP rule settings vs Skynet custom IP rules

You can find the IP rule settings of rising in "Settings" on the main interface, for example:

Rising adjusts IP rules in the "Custom" security level:

Double-click each IP rule to set it in detail ":

It is "IP rule modification" of Skynet ":

As you can see, rising and Skynet are quite similar in the custom settings of "IP rules, even Rising's "editing IP rules" and Skynet's "modifying IP rules" are like "twins ". According to the number of rules, Skynet has more "custom IP rules",