Hellfire
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 posted on 13/3/05 at 01:39 PM |
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Firewall
Does anyone know of a good software firewall that is XP compatible and preferably free?
TIA
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Avoneer
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| posted on 13/3/05 at 01:58 PM |
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New Zone Alarm with antivirus does it for me...
No trees were killed in the sending of this message.
However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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lewis635
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| posted on 13/3/05 at 02:02 PM |
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cant go wrong with zone alarm.
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splitrivet
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| posted on 13/3/05 at 03:06 PM |
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Use a router if you want full protection.
Cheers,
Bob
I used to be a Werewolf but I'm alright nowwoooooooooooooo
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 13/3/05 at 03:15 PM |
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Just switched to Kerio Personal firewall because of a lot of problems with zonealarm and sp2. However it was only me who had the problems, I have not
seen similair on any other machine and usually reccomend zonealarm.
Kerio seems pretty good though and is also free.
Dave
"In Support of Help the Heroes" - Always
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chunkielad
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| posted on 13/3/05 at 04:56 PM |
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Sorry my wireless router does it for me but I here zone alarm is good.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 13/3/05 at 05:49 PM |
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Kerio PF but important get release version 2.1.x release not the 4.x here are a couple of URLs
http://www.bluechillies.com/details/13071.html
http://pricelessware.org/thelist/sec.htm
Version 4.x is more system resource hungry and has some xtra but superfluous such as pop up blocking features which become disabled after 30 days.
Version 2.1.4 or 2.1.5 are pretty well bullet proof.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 13/3/05 at 06:00 PM |
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Just a point about depending a routers firewall and NATS it is fine BUT I am super cautious and on a home Windows network I would also to run a
software firewall on any PC that had important data on it.
Re Zone Alarm it is a very solid firewall but tends to be a bit err "alarmist" --- so if you load it don't pay too much attention
to zonealarm logs.
As always if in doubt go to http://www.computercops.biz and rear the reviews --- interestingly they share my own personal dislike of N**t** .
[Edited on 13/3/05 by britishtrident]
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Liam
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| posted on 13/3/05 at 06:12 PM |
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Is there really much benefit with a third party firewall over the standard XP SP2 one? Bear in mind i'm behind a router too and also run Avast
antivirus. Never have any problems whatsoever.
Liam
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Mr G
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| posted on 13/3/05 at 07:25 PM |
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Another vote for Kerio PF 
Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a
car that you are still paying for - in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes
and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it.
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givemethebighammer
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| posted on 13/3/05 at 11:03 PM |
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I use Kerio AND a hardware firewall. The hardware one keeps the b***ards out and the software one warns me when applications try to connect to the
internet. Means I have a good idea of exactly which applications are connecting to the internet and for what at any time. Kerio also warns you if file
versions get changed such as media player etc (know exploit).
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Hellfire
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| posted on 14/3/05 at 12:37 AM |
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Thank you very much gents - Kerio has now been downloaded and due to be installed. Many thanks!
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britishtrident
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| posted on 14/3/05 at 03:39 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Liam
Is there really much benefit with a third party firewall over the standard XP SP2 one? Bear in mind i'm behind a router too and also run Avast
antivirus. Never have any problems whatsoever.
Liam
Very latest version of the Xp Firewall is a lot better than the original BUT its Microsoft.
Apart from that I am not sure if the you can fully update an existing (even legal) copy to the full latest spec.
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Dale
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| posted on 14/3/05 at 08:08 PM |
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sygate personal firewall-- or sygate professional firewall if you got a keygenerator. I have been running it on a server at home for going on 3
years-- with no successfull attacks.
the personal one is the one I am running now--free
Dale
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NigeEss
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| posted on 14/3/05 at 09:11 PM |
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PC Pro recomended Agnitum Outpost Pro 2.5 a couple of months ago
Costs 34 quid, so not too costly.
I'm using Norton myself and am quite happy. Passes all the tests PC Pro used in thier tests....
ShieldsUp scanner at www.grc.com (port test)
PC Flank at www.pcflank.com (firewall test)
Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.................Douglas Adams.
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