firewall ?

[polish_aristocrat]

What firewall software are you using?
Is there any good FREE firewall ( for Windows ) ?

[Benasty]

www.zonealarm.com

[polish_aristocrat]

thanks for the reply.
I was already considering this firewall, but I got mixed feelings after I've read the user opinions at download.com ( some ppl complaining that their compuiters crashed after using this product ). Do you use it?

[DarkJedi]

I like "Tiny Personal Firewall"

[hybrid]

It's cheap for me. Everytime I smell a conspiracy taking place, I quickly shut off my computer, put on my tin-foil hat and assume the fetal position in the bath tub for up to 3 hours at a time.

[TrafficTeam]

If you want a professional Firewall for Wíndows-systems always use 'Atguard'.


Rgds,

JOKER

[AdultNex]

Zonealarm Pro -- Security analysts say it's the worst software to come to the consumer market in terms of firewall protection, but it works fine for me.

Others are:

Tiny Personal Firewall
BlackICE Defender
etc.

[jimmyf]

Read this

http://samspade.org/d/persfire.html

I use ZoneAlarm and a Router

[completetosser]

I use Norton Internet Securiy - not free, but very effective

[WebTitan]

I have been using Zonealarm Pro for awhile.

Takes a bit of patience to get configured and working well on your network, but no complaints

[strainer]

Originally posted by completetosser
I use Norton Internet Securiy - not free, but very effective

Never use a software firewall for windows. They are all shit, and will eventually fuck up you computer. Both ZoneAlarm and the McAfee one caused me to have to reformat my disk and reinstall the OS.

The exception is the free one that comes with Windows XP. Not too bad.

Invest $39.99 instead in a hardware firewall/router instead.

[Gutterboy]

Originally posted by AdultNex
Zonealarm Pro -- Security analysts say it's the worst software to come to the consumer market in terms of firewall protection, but it works fine for me.

I've heard ZA made fun of too, but those doing the scoffing never seem to explain exactly what is wrong with it. Any idea? I can't imagine the average home user would enounter much that ZA won't protect against.

Sure its not going to stop a distributed DOS attack, but how many home users are going to experience that?

[greenlab]

i think Kerio firewall is the most sophisticated FREE available firewall...

www.kerio.com

[greenlab]

Originally posted by TrafficTeam
If you want a professional Firewall for Wíndows-systems always use 'Atguard'.


Rgds,

JOKER

can you post a website for it ? www.atguard.com looks like it`s for sale

[Herb Kornfield]

Zonealarm and a linksys router have worked fine for home set ups for me using win 98, NT, 2000 and now XP only.

Watchguard also makes some nice SOHO products if you want to lay out some more cash for your rig at home.

[directfiesta]

I use black ice pro on all my servers. Not free, but does a lot....http://blackice.iss.net/

[TrafficTeam]

The official site is down,cause Symantec stopped developing Atguard, the former Release of Symantecs Firewalls.

Imho atguard is still the best Firewall on the Market for a Workstation. If you need a professional solution buy yourself a router or code your own linux-firewall.

You can still get Atguard here: http://mitglied.lycos.de/MaxTroy/


Cheers,

JOKER