The Best Firewall ?

Think · Post by **Think** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 12:51 pm

Well, I can't reproduce those fail test results indicated by that website. I find zonealarm to be very bloated, leaving a tonne of registries that are difficult to remove if there's need to uninstall the application.

I found sygate(5.5 build 2710) with my router to fit the bill.

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 7:52 pm

I won't touch Sygate now cause Symantec got it

kinkymaster · Post by **kinkymaster** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 4:53 am

Maybe the following site, will help u decide, which is the best....

http://www.firewallleaktester.com/tests.htm

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 9:59 am

I remain steadfast..ISA 2004 blows all those in the above list away.

spaceman_89 · Post by **spaceman_89** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 5:37 am

I want to know what the masters think about Kaspersky Anti-Hacker i use it , so far no ports are shown as open with extensive scans.

Also although we can take measures stop intruders what about someone blocking outside IP . its appears to me some do this whilst I'm gaming

mnosteele52 · Post by **mnosteele52** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 7:06 am

spaceman_89 wrote:I want to know what the masters think about Kaspersky Anti-Hacker i use it , so far no ports are shown as open with extensive scans.

Also although we can take measures stop intruders what about someone blocking outside IP . its appears to me some do this whilst I'm gaming

KAV Antihacker is an excellent firewall, I have been using it for a while now. I prefer it's simplicity, simply a firewall and nothing else. It uses next to no resources, never more then 5mb of RAM and doesn't slow your pc or connection speed. The newer version coming out soon will even be much better.

KAV Antihacker and Kerio 2.1.5 are all that I will recommend (paid and free).

Cendrillon2 · Post by **Cendrillon2** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 9:29 am

Hi there,

I will add another useful resources about personal firewall.

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http://www.r-firewall.com/
(freeware)
http://www.agnitum.com/products/outpostfree/index.php
(free version)
http://www.all-internet-security.com/to ... tware.html
(detailed review)
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As for me, i use Zone Alarm Pro. One of the best on the market in term of price

I hope this helps.

Cendrillon2

Devileyezz · Post by **Devileyezz** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:10 am

Hello,

In the following review, it was said that there's lots of good firewall programs, including a good free one.

And then I was expecting it to have a URL where all of those are listed. But none are.
Does anyone know which one was being talked about?

Devileyezz · Post by **Devileyezz** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:22 am

Also, I see many say Sygate. But now Sygate is old-time, and now it isn't free.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 5:33 am

Devileyezz wrote:Also, I see many say Sygate. But now Sygate is old-time, and now it isn't free.

Give Comodo a try.
http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/

Devileyezz · Post by **Devileyezz** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 11:01 am

YeOldeStonecat wrote:Give Comodo a try.
http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/

lol, the only thing with trying these is I hate installing and reinstalling. :P

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 1:14 pm

Devileyezz wrote:lol, the only thing with trying these is I hate installing and reinstalling. :P

Yeah....true.

I've used this one...quite nice, rather lightweight, and most importantly..under support and often being updated (through a live update mechanism)

Tiny was good...I haven't caught up on it lately..but I know CA bought them out a while ago...so dunno about the future of the product, if any....

Sygate..sucked up my Symantec. Booo..hiss....

Kerio..picked up by Sunbelt....decent company though.

Outpost...decent...

Zone Alarm....I'd format my PC if that ever came near it.

Devileyezz · Post by **Devileyezz** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 4:40 pm

Yup.

Tiny is gone. Their website proves it.
Sygate was good (I used it back in it's heyday.)
Kerio is not freeware.
Comodo, didn't try.
Outpost, didn't.

I just want a good freeware one, that's all.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 5:01 pm

Devileyezz wrote: I just want a good freeware one, that's all.

Comodo!

Devileyezz · Post by **Devileyezz** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 5:31 pm

[quote="YeOldeStonecat"]Comodo! ]

lol, I think I'm gonna try it out once I get home.

Devileyezz · Post by **Devileyezz** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:51 am

Just put on comodo. Looks good so far.
I was using AVG AV + FW, and it looked amazing.
Till I think I can pay for it, I gotta use comodo.

I might stick with comodo. ;-)

Devileyezz · Post by **Devileyezz** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:36 pm

I installed Kerio at work - I was amazed at the looks right away, lol.
Let's see how both of them fare respectively.

Devileyezz · Post by **Devileyezz** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:43 pm

BTW, many people keep saying Kerio.
But I think the one I downloaded at work is Kerio Winroute Firewall.
Isn't that a corporate/small business one?

Is there a Kerio for home users too, or am I mistaken?

PS: I just went to kerio.com, and got their firewall that had VPN, etc. And just now, I went to sunbelt-software.com, and there's a KPF (Kerio Personal Firewall).. which one was being recommended?!

Devileyezz · Post by **Devileyezz** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 11:00 pm

Ok, lol, sorry for so many posts.
But I think I figured it out.

Kerio made KPF before, but now has been acquired by Sunbelt.
Kerio Winroute is still under devel by Kerio itself, but more for corp purposes (not for me.)

I need to go after KPF then.
Hmm, tomorrow, uninstall KWF and install KPF.

Zeker · Post by **Zeker** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 7:17 pm

McAfee SecurityCenter is the best IMO. I use it and it has been working great ever since I installed it on my computer.

Providence · Post by **Providence** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:54 pm

reading this after going through hell with zone alarm pro. Uninstalling it was pure hell. I'll NEVER use it again!!!

holden4th · Post by **holden4th** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 3:45 pm

Comodo

Just installed it recently after I decided that Sygate is getting a bit long in the tooth and I'm not going to touch the new version now that Symantec has got hold of it.

I'm very impressed so far and the reviews back up what I'm experiencing.

W_I_Z_K_I_D · Post by **W_I_Z_K_I_D** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:57 am

blaack ice...2 words you need to know

Room101 · Post by **Room101** » Thu May 03, 2007 1:28 am

W_I_Z_K_I_D wrote:blaack ice...2 words you need to know

Black Ice performed terribly in the testing done by http://www.matousec.com, which is the best firewall testing site I have seen. Also, Steve Gibson (ShieldsUP) caught them blatantly skirting his testing software without actually fixing the underlying security flaw. That's disturbing whether or not you agree with Gibson on the whole.
My vote goes to Comodo because Kaspersky, the best performer at Matousec, is only available as part of their $70 security package whereas as Comodo offers the full, unhandicapped version of their firewall for free.

Cloudizme · Post by **Cloudizme** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 5:56 am

If you're looking for free software, then go with Sygate.

If you don't mind going out and buying some software then I suggest you go do that, although just because it costs money doesn't necessarily mean it will be "better".

wazbishop · Post by **wazbishop** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 2:45 pm

Cloudizme wrote:If you're looking for free software, then go with Sygate.

If you don't mind going out and buying some software then I suggest you go do that, although just because it costs money doesn't necessarily mean it will be "better".

Although sygate is still around there are no updates for it and the sygate company was taken over by norton.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 4:37 pm

Comodo gets my vote too.

d2fanatic007 · Post by **d2fanatic007** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 1:14 am

Comodo FTW! They just released the new 3.0 version which I think it very nice, although I turned off that defense+ feature cause it got annoying

http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/ ... country=US

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