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Integrity has some well-thought-out integration capabilities. It is the only product that can pull user and group information from a RADIUS server. It also can check virus-definition files from McAfee, Symantec and Trend Micro virus scanners. Zone Labs is the only vendor in this review that supports Symantec as a third party.

Integrity's reporting capabilities need improvement. The reports are both uninformative and confusing. For example, when FireHole triggered a program violation in iexplore.exe, Integrity notified us about the violation but failed to mention FireHole. Such a lapse makes it much harder for an administrator to discover the problem's cause.

Zone Labs Integrity 2.0, starts at $65 for an end-user license (server license included). Zone Labs, (877) 876-4960, (415) 341-8200. www.zonelabs.com

Internet Security Systems RealSecure Desktop Protector 3.5

ISS has improved the managed firewall capabilities of its product substantially since we evaluated it in 2001. While BlackICE, ISS's earlier product, lacked application control, RealSecure ICECap Manager with RealSecure Desktop Protector comes with many new features, including application control. Nevertheless, a shortage of integration and antivirus-detection capabilities brought this product's score down.