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| 282552 | 2004-10-19 03:01:00 | The answer to your question is how much do you know about firewalls, and how they work? If you know nothing use zone alarm as it is for NOBs. If you wont total control use Kerio, not the new 4.xx but the old 3.xx |
ugh1 (4204) | ||
| 282553 | 2004-10-19 03:38:00 | I'd go along with ugh1. I tried Kerio version 4 but much prefered the earlier version 2.1.5 (version 3 is the driver for 2.1.5) . It works well, is much smaller than ZA, and in win98 consumed very much less resources, like 1% as compared to 10%. Kerio Personal Firewall 2.1.5 can still be downloaded from here: download.kerio.com |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 282554 | 2004-10-19 03:42:00 | If your running Windows XP you could upgrade to SP2 and use the new windows firewall. Ive got no idea if its any good as it was the first thing i disabled when i upgraded, but its another free option. | Pete O'Neil (250) | ||
| 282555 | 2004-10-19 03:54:00 | Outpost is another firewall that is quite easy to use, more so than Kerio. Be aware that it also comes with banner/ad-blocking and other plug-ins which can prevent images that you wish to see from being displayed. The options can be disabled or customised. | tommy (2826) | ||
| 282556 | 2004-10-19 05:25:00 | Hi Pete, The latest version of XP SP2 firewall still has the same problems as the last. While it now asks you if certain programs should be allowed to access the network, it still doesn't appear to monitor Windows access. There is already "proof of concept" code to allow piggy backing an accepted port to access the network. So, while the security has been improved the third party vendors still seem to have the more robust solution :) |
Gorela (901) | ||
| 282557 | 2004-10-19 06:24:00 | Tried zone alarm once, but whenever I tried to do anything with it, my computer would restart . Now I use Norton firewall 2003 . I like it mainly for its adblocking features, and the fact that it comes up when something weird is trying to use the internet (good for helping detect trojans and stuff, in that respect) |
agent_24 (4330) | ||
| 282558 | 2004-10-19 06:48:00 | I'd go along with Outpost as well. A bit easier than Kerio with almost as many features, maybe more haven't used it for a while. Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 282559 | 2004-10-19 09:53:00 | Hmmm. Lot's of varying opinions. Thanks for all your replies. Surely there is a site which has them all tested. I think a good place is grc.com to test firewalls. Kind Regards. |
music_man (5482) | ||
| 282560 | 2004-10-19 10:06:00 | Who here knows any military strength firewalls? I feel like trying one out... | alphazulusixeightniner (185) | ||
| 282561 | 2004-10-19 10:27:00 | > Who here knows any military strength firewalls? I > feel like trying one out... Linux with Guard Dog for added security run through a IPCop (or similar) gateway/router/firewall ;) Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
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