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Poll: What Firewall do you Use/Recommend? (504 member(s) have cast votes)

What Firewall do you Use?

Jetico (7 votes [1.59%])
Percentage of vote: 1.59%
Kerio (24 votes [5.45%])
Percentage of vote: 5.45%
McAfee (5 votes [1.14%])
Percentage of vote: 1.14%
Norton (16 votes [3.64%])
Percentage of vote: 3.64%
Outpost (54 votes [12.27%])
Percentage of vote: 12.27%
Sygate (34 votes [7.73%])
Percentage of vote: 7.73%
Windows Default (64 votes [14.55%])
Percentage of vote: 14.55%
ZoneAlarm (102 votes [23.18%])
Percentage of vote: 23.18%
Winpooch (4 votes [0.91%])
Percentage of vote: 0.91%
Other - ? (81 votes [18.41%])
Percentage of vote: 18.41%
None! (49 votes [11.14%])
Percentage of vote: 11.14%

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#41 Ophiel X

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Posted 03 June 2006 - 12:20 AM

only firewall i'll ever use is my router.

works great and doesn't annoy me.

#42 atomizer

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Posted 03 June 2006 - 12:35 AM

Glad this topic was started. I started getting tired of Kerio (now Sunbelt Kerio, as it was acquired recently), though i still think it's a fine firewall.

I just started evaluating a new s/w firewall called Filseclab Personal Firewall Professional Edition. It's an open source project, though the source is not freely available ($480 US). The firewall application is free however. Technically, i would have to consider it 'nagware' as it displays links to their other products in the 'status' window of the firewall UI, however it's not really annoying and that's coming from someone who detests 'nagware'. The UI is a bit rough around the edges perhaps, but nothing to really complain about. For the most part, i think it leaves Kerio in the dust. The logging, which was never a strong point with Kerio, is much better in Filseclab. From their website (their english is not very good):

# It can block the most attacks from worm viruses and trojans.
# It can block some main Adware and Spyware, the definition supports live update and you may also define it yourself.
# Double filter system provides double-layer protection.
# Digital signature verification can automatically trust the well-known program.
# Built-in 7 big modes can apply for all kinds of requirements.
# Advanced realtime monitor lets the network activities be clear.
# Interactive rules creator is very easy to create the rules.
# Password protection can protect the rules and configurations.
# It is very easy to backup and restore the rules.
# It can control the websites easily.
# It supports two logfile types, ascii and binary.
# It also supports live update for rule-definition, traffic graph, privacy protection, Windows Security Center, balloon message alert and more unique features.

UPDATE:

Filseclab gets it's advertising from a static HTML document in its program directory, '/online/default.htm'. I simply edited it by replacing the contents with the following which makes it completely invisible:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
  <head>
	<title></title>
<style type="text/css">
 body {
  background-color: #666699;
 }
 body.c1 {border: none;overflow:hidden}
</style>
  </head>
  <body class="c1" oncontextmenu="return false">
  </body>
</html>

This post has been edited by atomizer: 03 June 2006 - 02:48 AM

#43 Jeremy

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Posted 03 June 2006 - 01:30 PM

DigeratiPrime, on May 23 2006, 12:10 PM, said:

I have to say I tried Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0 and its got a very configurable firewall ('Anti-Hacker') and its a very lean program (~10mb).
I have only played with it for about 10 minutes, but i will give it a good run later

*waits for Jeremy to slap me* :whistle:

LOL. I haven't tried Kaspersky's product yet, but I really like Outpost. I know you are/were using WinPooch, but I thought it was a retarded program to be honest. Anyway, *poke*. :hello:

#44 GeneralMandible

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Posted 06 June 2006 - 12:29 PM

I'm still using Sygate. I just haven't come across anything free that works as well. It is simple and effective.

I've tried ZoneAlarm and am not impressed. I also worked on a machine with ZoneAlarm that was blocking McAfee from getting updates. It was set to notify user of connection attempts & I even created rules for all of the McAfee services. It still blocked the updates. Turned off ZA...everything worked.

It's too bad the crapiest company had to buy out the best free personal firewall. :realmad:

They can at least recognize a threat in the business world. Maybe their expensive personal firewall will work worth a **** now...naaah!

#45 Zxian

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Posted 06 June 2006 - 05:06 PM

GeneralMandible, on Jun 6 2006, 11:29 AM, said:

I'm still using Sygate. I just haven't come across anything free that works as well. It is simple and effective.

It's too bad the crapiest company had to buy out the best free personal firewall. :realmad:

They can at least recognize a threat in the business world. Maybe their expensive personal firewall will work worth a **** now...naaah!

Don't hold your breath on Symantec using the codebase from Sygate in any new projects. The purchase was a buy-to-kill scenario - not a buy-to-incorporate.

The only downside with Sygate is that it's application based, as opposed to rule-based. It's still a good firewall, but if you wanna be really paranoid, then a rules based firewall is the way to go.

#46 djackson

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Posted 06 June 2006 - 05:12 PM

Bitdefender Security Suite

#47 Woomera

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Posted 15 June 2006 - 12:59 AM

do you guys really trust those tests results in firewallleaktester?
i mean come on,jetico get the gold and kaspersky firewall get the best choice.i tried kaspersky firewall before it s*cks.and jetico just can define ip,port filtering like all other firewalls.

#48 KingAuther

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Posted 17 June 2006 - 11:40 PM

BlackIce...

It learns.. It watches and regulates everything to do with installing... It's light.. It's fast.. It's inexpensive..
It's made by good people.. It's honest.. It doesn't slow down the PC.. It works with SeaMonkey and Firefox.. It's compatable with W98se and Norton AVS.. It's easy to configure.. and it hasn't let me down yet...

fatalwoomera, on Jun 15 2006, 01:59 AM, said:

I too tried that kasperwhoozits... and uninstalled it five minutes later... It came with trojans, locked up the OS twice, and did things that I still don't have proper names for...

#49 Jeremy

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Posted 18 June 2006 - 11:03 AM

KingAuther, on Jun 18 2006, 01:40 AM, said:

I too tried that kasperwhoozits... and uninstalled it five minutes later... It came with trojans, locked up the OS twice, and did things that I still don't have proper names for...

Are you sure you didn't download it from KaZaA Resurrected? Or maybe just because it isn't the ultimate BlackIce? Kaspersky is one of the, if not the, best anti-virus, and it's hard to imagine another product made by those people would contain Trojans. Maybe your anti-virus just classifies them as trojans...

#50 KingAuther

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Posted 18 June 2006 - 11:44 AM

I really don't know what's wrong with that K-software.. but the moment I installed it I got a barrage of warning popups from all my security softwares, and lockups, and various strange never before seen computer-glitches...
If it works for you, that's Super... It sure wasn't good for my old Compaq PC... I ended up having to format-C to repair the damage it did to the OS.. plus the 15-hours of reloading my preferred software environment...

I have a Norton 2002 CD and BlackIce and Spybot... They have worked just fine for me...

#51 DigeratiPrime

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Posted 18 June 2006 - 06:30 PM

Whenever someone mentions BlackICE I think of this:
http://www.grc.com/lt/bidresponse.htm

#52 Jeremy

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Posted 18 June 2006 - 07:00 PM

That's a very old article.

#53 Woomera

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Posted 21 June 2006 - 12:40 AM

any site that compares the server antiviruses and firewalls?
looking for a good server solutions.

#54 KingAuther

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Posted 21 June 2006 - 08:46 AM

Mozilla forums are full of experts.. and lots of good data...

The very best Windows instructional site is "Buds" in South America...

#55 Chaos12^

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Posted 21 June 2006 - 09:07 AM

I'm using Norton Internet Security 2006, so far no problems caused and no incompabilities.

#56 dnikolov

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Posted 27 June 2006 - 08:43 AM

I can proudly vote for Kaspersky Anti-hacker. I haven't seen a problem with my PC since I've been using it. But I have used the default Windows firewall and the difference isn't big.