firewall - need recomendations
hy friends
:) i need recomendations...how firewall will be good to my home pc. thanks in advance! |
Jorel:
I do not know too much about Internet protocols, etc. but have one question: Are you hooked up to the internet via broadband CATV's? DSL? I have a broadband CATV connection, and am using a cable/dsl router to connect 2 computers to the network, and to the best of my understanding that router has a firewall of sorts. Regards Totonho03 |
For Windows protection:
ZoneAlarm: http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/home.jsp If you have a spare PC laying around the house, and you want to connect your machine, your wife's machine and your kid's machine all simultaneously, look no further that this: IPCop: http://www.ipcop.org Then, if you are a Unix hacker, and you want to "hand carve" your firewall (like me ;) ), use this: www.netbsd.org or www.freebsd.org -kwag |
@ Otto
i forgot to post Otto, i have dsl! thanks! :wink: @ Kwag thanks Kwag, i'm calling the links to know it all. :wink: :) |
ZA is too heavy and do not have a lot of good results for the price.
The best one (and free !) is Kerio Personnal Firewall. I used to have Norton FW but I dropped it when I saw that its impact on the network bandwith was huge (23% !) See benchmark there and make you choice Jorel. Note: the link is out of order at the moment, I hope is temporaly. |
thank you too Phil :!:
the link is working very fine.(firewall.net) :wink: |
Sorry, I didn't remember the site was in french. But all you have to see in the benchmark results is the section G, where all the part are noted from 0 to 20, 20 is the best.
You'll see that Kerio has the best overall note (15.04/20). If you need some hints, ask me. |
Jo,
I heard good things from Tiny Firewall. I still run BlackIce and AtGuard even on my one XP rig.... good and trustworthy. Coupled with the cable router, seems to work well. I have no use to open ports for gaming or file sharing so, from my experience, they work well. Mind you, I may try linux on my HTPC soon too... ztr |
thanks Phil,
i got the page in english: http://www.firewall-net.com/ i will need more hints,i call you for details! :wink: thanks too zooter. :wink: |
Quote:
http://grc.com/default.htm ztr |
http://grc.com/default.htm
hey zooter,thanks. @ all ...see what is in the link: "Just several weeks ago Microsoft confessed an extremely serious remotely exploitable vulnerability in all versions of Windows NT/2000/XP/2003" 8O |
Quote:
I urge you to take it as there is already a lot a worms (kind of virus) all around the underground place (you know, the crackers neat) using this leak. Note: if you have error when using clipboard (copy/paste), then its too late for you... |
no problems here Phil,
i'm using 98SE (98 lite) that i "mix" with ME drives! the reason...is faster! thanks GOD! :D |
Just dont get caught with your pants down like I did..got hit with 6 trojans at once, I've spent the whole day redoing and getting it back to the way it was. They went right through McAFEE like butter. Needles to say I went back to Nortons.
David |
thanks David!
:wink: hey,your avatar seems with me without skirt,of course.... no,...with trousers,..and i have a chair like that. :lol: |
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