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Curt:
They haven't cut down the asking price, but they are offering you to have three installations for the price of one license - no matter if you choose Outpost or the Security Suite. The offer is valid for a month or so:




Special offer:

1 license = 3 installations!    
   
For the next month, Agnitum is extending the capacity of one-year licenses for both Outpost Security Suite Pro and Outpost Firewall Pro 2008. For as little as $49.95 and $39.95 respectively, for the period December 20, 2007 to January 20, 2008 you can protect three PCs for a full year!
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http://www.agnitum.com/

While at it: check out your (zodiac) sign! Nice drawings and almost funny! I am a Virgo:

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mouser:
As some one who has been a very early cheerleader for Agnitum Outpost, and a registered owner for the last several years (and paying a yearly update each time), I feel an obligation to say I have removed Outpost from all of my machines.

The last update was the straw that broken the camel's back for me -- it slowed down my network traffic and pc *significantly*.

It's clear they are doing some ambitious things with their firewall, and i don't rule out going back some day, but i've had enough of the instabilities and slowdowns.

Up until recently i've been using the free Comodo Firewall, which is *very* powerful, but just today i installed Eset's new Smart Security suite which includes a firewall, and i have to say i'm LOVING it.  It gets the alerts "right" (it allows you to quickly approve/block/customize a rule) in a way that comodo doesn't.

Comodo is a bit complicated, Eset's is a bit over-simplified and lacking options, but then again i'd have to say that Eset may have one of the most promising first firewall releases i've seen.  If they keep tweaking it the way they have their antivirus, this will be THE firewall.  It's already good enough that i'm buying it and using it for now as my firewall of choice.

mouser:
ps. we'll try to see if we can get some discounts on eset's suite for january.

Curt:
Agnitum admitted there had been problems with Vista, but they tell that the updates in November and December have improved Outpost A LOT on Vista:

Edit: I am running XP and have had no problems at all with Outpost.

Outpost Firewall Pro History of changes:

Outpost Firewall Pro 2008 (build 6.0.2225.232.465.287)
Release date: December, 20 2007
The following issues are resolved (only significant ones are listed):

Most commonly reported crashes and freezes, among which are the following:
Freeze on process name verification
System memory could be corrupted on content filtering under Windows Vista
Possible crash on user answer to Rules Wizard prompt from already finished application
Folders could not be deleted because of SmartScan cache files presence
Error 14001 during installation
Entertainment mode false positives for Microsoft Outlook under Windows Vista
SmartScan technology is enabled by default on Windows Vista (if this is possible due to compatibility reasons)
Content of some web pages could be corrupted

Outpost Firewall Pro 2008 (build 6.0.2220.223.446.277)
Release date: December 5, 2007
The following improvements are introduced:

Multiple Event Viewer improvements, among which are the following:
New records are placed on top
Log configuration is preserved (column width, etc.)
Ability to copy record to clipboard
Ability to clear the log
Extended Anti-Malware log
Web Control events are logged at the default logging level
Port number is logged on detecting port scanning
Some advanced logs are not displayed by default
Multiple Network Activity improvements, among which are the following:
Ability to break connection
Ability to manually group/ungroup application connections
Ability to completely exit the product and stop the service using the Exit command
Animated product icon during system scan
System tray icon tooltip contains product version and system IP addresses
«About» command in the system tray icon context menu
Owner of the file digital signature is checked on network access request or system activity request
Ability to start Compatibility Wizard from the Start menu
Ability to select product operation mode (Normal mode to run at system startup, Background to run invisibly, and Disable mode to not run at system startup)
Ability to cure malware that is registered as LSP
Ability to cure malware that require reboot
The following issues are resolved (only significant ones are listed):
Possible service initialization error after installation (as a consequence – the system could be restarted from the second time only)
Ability to unload Outpost using Gmer anti-rootkit tool
If installing on the computer with KIS installed, klif.sys driver could not be detected
Critical registry keys were not controlled if the Optimal Host Protection level was selected
Rules Wizard prompt for svchost.exe on rawsocket access request
Possible crash on starting rootkit that loads the wincom32.sys driver
Real-time protection exclusions did not work
File could not be restored from Quarantine if the folder from which they were quarantined did not exist
Weekly scheduled tasks were not started
Sites’ content could be corrupted under Vista x86/x64
Attack Detection false positives on visiting several sites
Most commonly reported crashes
Multiple interface issues

Outpost Firewall Pro 2008 (build 6.0.2175.214.430.270)
Release date: November 16, 2007
The following issues are resolved (only significant ones are listed):

Most commonly reported crashes
The same reports were sent several times
Links in the main windows did not work
Several localization and interface issues

Outpost Firewall Pro 2008 (build 6.0.2172.214.422.270)
Release date: November 14, 2007
The following issues are resolved (only significant ones are listed):

Outpost monitor and Outpost Feedback were not registered in startup entries
Outpost Firewall could block installation of services
Information about crashes could not be sent to Agnitum
Rules autocreation did not work on 64-bit systems for applications from ProgramFiles (x86) and SysWOW64 folders
Most commonly reported crashes (including crash on content filtering)
Error 14001 during installation
Rules were applied incorrectly in some cases
Address macros could be incorrectly resolved in rules
Leaktests SPT 15 and SPT 16 were failed on Vista64
Error while importing LAN settings from Outpost Firewall 4.0
Web pages content could be blocked/corrupted (GZIP decoding issue)
Outpost Firewall now cannot be installed over Outpost Security Suite

Outpost Firewall Pro 2008 (build 6.0.2168.211.415.268)
Release date: November 2, 2007
Improved compatibility with the following third-party products:
KAV/KIS 7 (Vista32, Vista64, XP32, XP64)
NOD32 (Vista32, XP32)
Dr.Web (Vista32, Vista64, XP32, XP64)
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (Vista32, Vista64, XP32)
G DATA AntiVirusKit/IS AntiVirusKit (Vista32, Vista64, XP32)
Panda Antivirus (Vista32, Vista64)
CyberHawk Antivirus (Vista32, Vista64)

The following issues are resolved (only significant ones are listed):
Most commonly reported crashes
Configuration import issues
Anti-Malware engine issues
Outpost Firewall Pro could freeze on Windows Vista
Hung connections in Network Activity
Outpost Firewall Pro could crash on Registry changes on an x64 platform
Optimized control of Registry changes on an x64 platform
Suspicious objects were blocked automatically
Outpost Firewall Pro could crash when filtering content
GZIP encoded pages could be blocked
Improved blocking of some types of leaktests

Known issues:
Outpost Firewall Pro could conflict with G DATA AVK Firewall

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Grorgy:
ESET in Australia anyway, have good academic pricing, students get 50% off, makes it affordable, you do need a student id number and preferably an email address for the institution you are at where the licence can be sent.

(Edit was just to make it a bit clearer, even i was having trouble with it lol time for bed he says as 3.30 rolls around again)

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