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Posted: **Fri Jul 16, 2004 1:54 pm**

need something simple, low resource use, blocks stuff silently so they don't have to do anything, and that is easy to use if they need to open it up.

Posted: **Fri Jul 16, 2004 3:00 pm**

Sygate

Posted: **Fri Jul 16, 2004 8:05 pm**

thats got a free version right?

Posted: **Fri Jul 16, 2004 9:07 pm**

YARDofSTUF wrote:thats got a free version right?

Yes it does. I like Zonealarm too.

Posted: **Fri Jul 16, 2004 9:26 pm**

darlin wrote:Yes it does. I like Zonealarm too.

zonealarm doesnt fit the low resource/non system hog requirement tho.

Posted: **Fri Jul 16, 2004 9:52 pm**

Sygate

The "unofficial" Sygate website for the easy setup//operating guide

The site seems to have been removed . Apologies.

Croc.

Posted: **Fri Jul 16, 2004 10:14 pm**

Sygate here too. I use it on my corporate laptop when I'm on the road.

Posted: **Fri Jul 16, 2004 11:08 pm**

zonealarm doesnt fit the low resource/non system hog requirement tho.

I've never had a problem with that.

Posted: **Fri Jul 16, 2004 11:14 pm**

The one native in XP

Posted: **Fri Jul 16, 2004 11:38 pm**

darlin wrote:I've never had a problem with that.

It shouldnt cause a problem but it does use more than others, on older boxes i've seen the system take a little hit when ZA got into it.

Posted: **Sat Jul 17, 2004 1:22 am**

Not doubting that you've had that problem, but I never have, and I've used it on some very old pc's... Does EDO tell you how old some were? ... lol

Posted: **Wed Jul 21, 2004 8:28 am**

Apologies folks. I should have checked the link to the "Unofficial Sygate "site.
Looks like itsa no more werkin.

Thanks for the PM Minir.
Post edited.

Croc.

Posted: **Wed Jul 21, 2004 11:27 am**

darlin wrote:Yes it does. I like Zonealarm too.

I really liked Zonealarm a few years back, then they brought McAfee on board... http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=John+McAfee&btnG=Google+Search enough said on that...

I have recommended Sygate to a few people that were inexperienced, and they like it...

Posted: **Wed Jul 21, 2004 12:01 pm**

Ken wrote:I have recommended Sygate to a few people that were inexperienced, and they like it...

Posted: **Wed Jul 21, 2004 5:30 pm**

[quote="Ken"]I really liked Zonealarm a few years back, then they brought McAfee on board... http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=John+McAfee&btnG=Google+Search enough said on that... ]
The older versions, before they bought MaAfee on board, works just as good as the latest versions.

Need an earlier version? Just let me know.

Posted: **Wed Jul 21, 2004 6:56 pm**

MadDoctor wrote:

hi
i am new to computers--am comletely illerate lol and i recently got sygate and its easy to understand and i love it
Rita

Posted: **Thu Jul 22, 2004 1:00 am**

ritaann wrote:hi
i am new to computers--am comletely illerate lol

lmao, thanks

Posted: **Thu Jul 22, 2004 6:03 pm**

[quote="darlin"]The older versions, before they bought MaAfee on board, works just as good as the latest versions. ]
Thanks Darlin!

I have the old versions as well though... I really only use hardware now...

Posted: **Thu Jul 22, 2004 8:43 pm**

[quote="Ken"]Thanks Darlin!

I have the old versions as well though... I really only use hardware now... ] I'll be jumping over to that once I have the extra cash to build a new PC. I'm working on it, and hopefully it wont be much longer.

Posted: **Sun Jul 25, 2004 10:21 am**

black ice defender

Posted: **Tue Jul 27, 2004 12:11 am**

Im With You loop2kil

BlackIceDefendr All The Way Guys...

Posted: **Tue Jul 27, 2004 11:54 pm**

I like Sygate Personal Firewall, I've been using now for over 2 years now...
( has it been that long

)

I have to give a lot of credit for this great “free” Windows firewall.
I like how you can block individual ports and port ranges, protocols and i.p. netblock ranges.
Also how you can right click running programs and terminate them.
I also like the packet log and traffic logs, plus how you can right click on the i.p.'s and do a reverse look up.
I also like the fact that you can have the firewall send a automatic email messages when it detects an attack..
that’s very awesome.
It’s also cool that you can right click on the task bar icon, to enable or disable the firewall…

I have used this firewall with Windows 98 up to Windows 2003 Server, without any problems.. very tight.

My 2 Cents.
Be Happy,
Shinobi

Posted: **Sat Jul 31, 2004 9:32 pm**

I used to use Zone Alarm until they released version 5. Version 5 is horrible. I was having problems connecting whith a few friends playing Rise of Nations and discovered that ver 5 has some bugs in it.

I installed Sygate and so far it seems to be a descent Firewall.

Posted: **Mon Aug 02, 2004 2:51 pm**

Because of the posts in this thread I decided to try Sygate, and it was the best thing I could have done.

You don't have to spend too much time setting it up and it tells you everything you need to know about what is going on.

Norton was a real system hog, and I saw so many negatives about Zone Alarm (not on this website) that it scared me off from even trying.

It's Sygate all the way!

Posted: **Mon Aug 16, 2004 2:20 pm**

Has anyone tried Agnitum Outpost Pro? How does it compare with Sygate Pro?

Posted: **Thu Aug 19, 2004 9:27 pm**

Croc wrote:Sygate
The "unofficial" Sygate website for the easy setup//operating guide

The site seems to have been removed . Apologies.

Croc.

ya sound like a person in the know. ijust heard xp comes with a firewall. how do i turn it off, cause im runnung sygate now.

Posted: **Fri Aug 20, 2004 1:25 am**

If you can get a copy of Kerio 2.15, super low on resources and really locked down well...

Looks like this link still works http://download.kerio.com/dwn/kpf2-en-win.exe

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