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Thread ID: 22590 2002-07-25 07:20:00 Firewalls .... which one did you think was good?? dipstick01 (445) Press F1
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65121 2002-07-25 07:20:00 Hi all, just finished reading an interesting site on testing firewalls. The results were quite fascinating and surprising to say the least. I think its worth a look anyway especially for your people with "always on" Broadband modems.
http://www.pcflank.com
dipstick01 (445)
65122 2002-07-25 07:34:00 Glad I got rid of Nortons and got black ice! fergie (424)
65123 2002-07-25 08:39:00 unless there is a major change with blackice you will have been better off with the nortons. tweak'e (174)
65124 2002-07-25 10:12:00 Very glad to see Outpost from Agnitum came up tops (free too). I think it was you tweak'e that suggested this firewall way back ;\. It is pretty user friendly for newbies and doesn't play up with WinME or NAV. Jen C (20)
65125 2002-07-25 10:16:00 > Glad I got rid of Nortons and got black ice!

if I were you I'd ditch black ice and go back to Norton's, or even stoop as low as going to Zone Alarm.

My Recommendation though is either Agnitum's Outpost, or Tiny's Personal Firewall.

Mike.
Mike (15)
65126 2002-07-26 04:15:00 >or even stoop as low as going to Zone Alarm.


Why say that! ?:| X-(

I've tested my ZoneAlarm (www.zonelabs.com) on different "test" sites and all say that my computer is completely secure and totally invisable! B-)
cadifan (286)
65127 2002-07-26 04:18:00 Yeah, I've been using ZA for a year and no probs. mark c (247)
65128 2002-07-26 04:38:00 See how they run! See how they run!

I think I might go play some solitaire instead....
BIFF (1)
65129 2002-07-26 07:32:00 Is Blackice that bad - i thought it was good? Should I get rid of it then?
Cheers
fergie (424)
65130 2002-07-26 07:48:00 I run McAfee firewall, but as I hide behind an external ADSL router I only really need to worry about outward traffic - NAT addressing protects reasonably for unsolicited inward traffic. No test sites can seem to find the PC even at the ADSL IP location godfather (25)
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