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KEY SECURITY TECHNOLOGY |
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Year ZoneAlarm®
introduced it |
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Year Norton
caught up |
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Year McAfee®
caught up |
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Year Microsoft® caught up
(OneCare or XP Firewall) |
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Created first personal firewall |
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1997 |
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Post 19971 |
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Post 19972 |
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2003 |
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Stateful inspection |
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1997/1998 |
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Post 1997 |
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Not available |
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2003 |
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100% full stealth mode |
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1997/1998 |
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Not available3 |
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Not available3 |
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2003 |
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MD5 authentication, program control |
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1997/1998 |
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Post 1997 |
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Post 1997 |
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2003 |
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Outbound program control/trojan control |
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1997/1998 |
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Post 1997 |
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Post 1997 |
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20034 |
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Self-protection against sabotage, with fail-safe control |
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1997/1998 |
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Post 20025 |
Post 20025 |
Unknown |
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Automatic network detection |
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1999 |
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Post 2003 |
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Post 2003 |
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Not available |
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MailSafe e-mail quarantining |
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2000 |
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Not available |
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Not available |
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Not available |
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Component control |
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2000 and ongoing |
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Post 2003 |
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Not available |
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Unknown |
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SmartDefense™ Advisor system to automatically
deploy program policy |
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2003 |
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Not available |
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Not available |
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Not available |
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Operating system firewall (OSFirewall™) |
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2005 |
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Not available |
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Not available |
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Not available |
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Malware-invoked spy-site blocking |
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2006 |
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Not available |
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Not available |
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Not available |
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