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341430 2005-04-04 07:23:00 Hi all.

i have been using Sygate Firewall for a bit and have found it to be pretty good, my trial just ran out, and i am about to re-install it, but i was wondering what other free firewalls are out there that are considered decent...

Cheers
Jams (1051)
341431 2005-04-04 07:33:00 Zonealarm, a brilliant firewall, its free too Prescott (11)
341432 2005-04-04 07:34:00 Have a look at Keiro and Agnitum Outpost (free version). If you need to be able to use ICS with them, this will limit your choices. Jen (38)
341433 2005-04-04 07:38:00 Sygate's supposed to be ok. Other than that, I'd run with Jen's recommendations. Murray P (44)
341434 2005-04-04 07:40:00 Sygate is free.and good. Rob99 (151)
341435 2005-04-04 07:44:00 hhhmm doesnt seem that ZA is a hit with the crowd.... Prescott (11)
341436 2005-04-04 07:46:00 hhhmm doesnt seem that ZA is a hit with the crowd....Just do a search for problems and Zone Alarm Rob99 (151)
341437 2005-04-04 08:06:00 I'm with Jen. I've used most of them, both paid for and free. I can't fault Kerio. It just works; most others (in particular ZA, gave me problems). Who wants to deal with those - use something that just works :-)

Your call - good luck
thepom (7654)
341438 2005-04-04 08:09:00 what problems are you talking about, ive never had any, yet. i might just have a google.... Prescott (11)
341439 2005-04-04 08:10:00 ZA is the easiest to use hence recommended to most people. sygate etc are quite good however i suspect most people don't bother with makeing rules, its to darn difficult for most people. auto rule creation and preset rules dos help a fair bit.

norton has to be the most comlicated pos around. sygate, tiny, outpost are OKish but they all have had their problems over the years.
i havn't found ANY that havn't had problems, its certainly unfair to bag ZA as they are the most commanly used by the "whats a firewall" crowd, hence they will always have more problems.
tweak'e (69)
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