MxxCon Posted May 31, 2002 Share Posted May 31, 2002 i'm so sick of these threads poping up every single week. so here's the one and only thread you should need untill the end of your life. moderator can modify poll entries to update. BEST FIREWALL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 morganpugh84 Posted June 29, 2003 Share Posted June 29, 2003 after setting up an ISA Server at work I have to say that ISA is probably the most secure (and complex!!) firewall out there. I used to to IPTables however ISA is the better option (however it costs bucks!!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 MxxCon Posted June 30, 2003 Author Share Posted June 30, 2003 ever worked with checkpoint firewalls? that isn't a cakewalk to configure either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 mercuryx013 Posted June 30, 2003 Share Posted June 30, 2003 Check out Smoothwall linux firewall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 [XS] Posted June 30, 2003 Share Posted June 30, 2003 whats smoothwall like, i heard good reports about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 EnisDonKing_ Posted June 30, 2003 Share Posted June 30, 2003 I`m using Zone Alarm atm, after I tried most of mentioned firewalls. I think that it is the best fa available atm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 MxxCon Posted June 30, 2003 Author Share Posted June 30, 2003 ,Jun 30 2003, 07:48] whats smoothwall like, i heard good reports about it :no: laziness is number cuase of people who die of laziness you didn't even bother to look yourself :crazy: http://www.smoothwall.org/about/screenshots/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Ferret Posted June 30, 2003 Share Posted June 30, 2003 None - I'm sick and tired of the sodding things !!! Zone Alarm won't let the Auto-Redial feature of XP work NIS will let it Auto-Redial, but the connection just won't do anything, BlackICE had that scare a little while ago, spyware or something ? I can't remember now... But I'll try them others in that list, see if I get any joy with them ! Thanks, Ferret ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 d1301 Posted June 30, 2003 Share Posted June 30, 2003 :no:laziness is number cuase of people who die of laziness you didn't even bother to look yourself :crazy: http://www.smoothwall.org/about/screenshots/ i think he was looking for neowin member opinions. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 manni Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 Kerio Personal Firewall is very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bigfoot Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 Kerio's flawless, had no problems accessing computers on the LAN, and no internet sharing troubles either. ZoneAlarm is getting bloated IMO, with the new crappy GUI in version 3, and making it more of a hassle to reach the advanced features. It didn't work comfortably with internet sharing either. I'm using kerio personal firewall i was able to make the best rules ,but i wasn't able to make other computers connect throw my internet i have a hub 3 com hub which connects to this computer and the internet connects to this computer also (hub connected to the network card) the computers on the network couldn't brows the internet usig IE my Os is Win2k SP4 and my laptop which is connected to the router OS=XP ... u have any idea how to make it possible to brows the net using IE from the laptop "Msn messenger logged =there is internet in the laptop " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 spacey Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 block everything except 127.0.0.1 :D seriously though, buy a router. i'd rather let another box handle that than have something run on my computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Ifoow Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 Installed a firewall once, was so incredibly annoying, I removed it the next day. Never used a firewall since and never had any probem whatsoever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Dross Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 Installed a firewall once, was so incredibly annoying, I removed it the next day. Never used a firewall since and never had any probem whatsoever Yeah but you have no clue who's spying on you and what's going on in your computer. On my rig, ZA reports an access attempt about every 3-10 minutes! Your nuts if you don't have some kind of firewall! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Jojo81 Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 I am considering a software firewall for example ZoneAlarm. What firewalls if any do you guys/gals use and how do you like them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 cyberfrem Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 Oh no! Not this thread again! How many times has someone started a "post your firewall" thread now?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 cyberfrem Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 In a more constructive vein: I use Kerio Personal Firewall 2.1.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Jojo81 Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 Sorry I don't browse this forum very often. Anyway, I am not only asking what firewall to use but I want to know if you use one at all! I don't enjoy too many things running in the background unless they are a necessity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 jkinzer Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 I use ZoneAlarm Pro with Web Filtering. Very nice. Blocks popups and ads. I have 1,032 IP address ranges blocked, for a total of 69,993,971 blocked IP addresses. With all of that, ZA never uses much more than 3% of the CPU power (on my 1.91GHz) and only consumes 4,776KB of memory--not bad at all. A great firewall, which I'd recommend to anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 futb0l Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 zone alarm pro! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Premgenius Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 BlackICE, Kerio keep away from ZoneAlarm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 jkinzer Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 BlackICE, Kerio keep away from ZoneAlarm For what reason? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 taher Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 sygate firewall pro 5.5 - http://www.sygatetech.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Redestium Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 Doh...:pinch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Storm Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 i use Sygate Pro i did use zonealarm but it used to crash when i used ICS so i dont know ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 RootWind Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 Outpost Pro 2 is my choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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