Best Firewall Out There?

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I'm basically after a low resource using high protection firewall. I've used Norton's and really didn't like it. Resource hog and it just didn't suit me that well, etc. Same with Mcaffee (or however it is spelled). Tried Sygate, and everything was well with it, but I wish it had some better Outbound protection, but now since Symantec bought them the program will probably go down the crapper, since didn't they say they would stop supporting it anyway? Kerio though seems to be the best I've tested, but from what I have read it's losing support anyway, any word on this?

Also, has anyone tried any of these firewalls: Jetico, Lock 'n' Stop, or Netveda? Anygood at all?
 
[quote name='headpiece747']I used to use Kerio Personal Firewall its free and works well before I got my router with intergrated firewall protection.[/QUOTE]

It's recommended that you use firewall software in addition to your router. Routers aren't really known for their outstanding firewalls.
 
Routers are your best solution, with a software firewall for an added layer of security.

Other than ZoneAlarm, Windows Firewall (XP SP2) is probably your best bet.
 
I agree with Zonealarm being a good product, although be careful and make sure that you do update when the updates come out, I had a friend that didn't and after about a year, his iptables where thrashed!
 
Windows firewall is a joke, seriously you're almost better off not running one at all. Zone Alarms Firewall is good, but the more advanced features are lacking compared to Sygate and blackICE. Though for the majority of users those features prolly won't be noticed.
Go with Zone Alarms if you want an easy to use and configure firewall.
 
I've been using various ZoneAlarm versions for the past three years and love it to death. You can't go wrong with it really.
 
[quote name='priest_ridden']Windows firewall is a joke, seriously you're almost better off not running one at all. Zone Alarms Firewall is good, but the more advanced features are lacking compared to Sygate and blackICE. Though for the majority of users those features prolly won't be noticed.
Go with Zone Alarms if you want an easy to use and configure firewall.[/QUOTE]

Where can you find BlackICE? I've been trying to find it for awhile, but I get mixed readings like that the company went under to a bunch of sites that say they have the trial or sell it, but look awfully suspicious. I'll have to come back to this thread with take on Firewalls.
 
Im another zone alarm user and cannot fault it, i used to use norton but found it used too many resources, i switched to avg free edition for my antivirus protection as well.
 
I'm not a fan of firewalls. I never use one. Even on my router, I use DMZ.

And yet, no one has breached my computer yet...hmmm.
 
If you're on any kind of broadband, get a router even if yours is the only PC using the connection, just for the built in hardware firewall.

For software FW, another vote here for ZoneAlarm free edition. Works well, easy to use, and the price is right.
 
The nice thing about Windows Firewall is that it can protect during boot-up. And I meant to say "In addition to that," in my last post, as Windows Firewall on its own probably would be bad because of the no outbound connection restrictions. Funny that you mention BlackICE, which doesn't feature outbound protection either. I wouldn't recommend it.

Also, I was going to try Lock 'N' Stop, but it's not free, so I tried Jetico and it's great. Tons of configuration options, good security, and it uses less resources than ZA.

Cons: ugly and possibly annoying, since you have to set stuff for EVERYTHING, even system files which requires you to have a little bit of knowledge.

I read some reviews on NetVeda, and it apparently didn't do well in some leak tests while Jetico did super.
 
I was just curious if anyone here has run IPCop. It's a linux firewall distro that run off of an old pc. I'm looking to trying this.

I was using sygate, but now I'm looking for something else. Does anyone know of any good firewalls besides zonealarm? I never really like that firewall. I'm looking at IPCop or something else if anyone has suggestions.
 
A linux firewall is rock solid. You can turn a PII into a corporate firewall with iptables, which is probably what IPCop uses. In addition, you can use Bastille Linux to even further weld the box down. But, IPCop may incorporate some of its features too.

There's always NetBSD or OpenBSD, too. OpenBSD is a security operating system. Its developers were responsible for OpenSSH. But, a Linux firewall will do extremely well.
 
[quote name='P0ldy']A linux firewall is rock solid. You can turn a PII into a corporate firewall with iptables, which is probably what IPCop uses. In addition, you can use Bastille Linux to even further weld the box down. But, IPCop may incorporate some of its features too.

There's always NetBSD or OpenBSD, too. OpenBSD is a security operating system. Its developers were responsible for OpenSSH. But, a Linux firewall will do extremely well.[/QUOTE]

I hear enough horror stories about how daunting it is just to freaking INSTALL Linux, much less learn how to configure it to do something like that.
 
[quote name='Vegan']I hear enough horror stories about how daunting it is just to freaking INSTALL Linux, much less learn how to configure it to do something like that.[/QUOTE]
Linux isn't that hard to install, it just takes some more work. I'm dual booting Windows and Debian Linux right now.
 
[quote name='irrossistable']The nice thing about Windows Firewall is that it can protect during boot-up. And I meant to say "In addition to that," in my last post, as Windows Firewall on its own probably would be bad because of the no outbound connection restrictions. Funny that you mention BlackICE, which doesn't feature outbound protection either. I wouldn't recommend it.

Also, I was going to try Lock 'N' Stop, but it's not free, so I tried Jetico and it's great. Tons of configuration options, good security, and it uses less resources than ZA.

Cons: ugly and possibly annoying, since you have to set stuff for EVERYTHING, even system files which requires you to have a little bit of knowledge.

I read some reviews on NetVeda, and it apparently didn't do well in some leak tests while Jetico did super.[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the post. I know Lock 'N' Stop isn't free, but I just wanted to run the trial for time being and then maybe buy it. Hadn't known about that NetVeda info...gonna just go with Jetico now though.

Oh, and I too have never really like ZA for some reason.
 
[quote name='erehwon']Linux isn't that hard to install, it just takes some more work. I'm dual booting Windows and Debian Linux right now.[/QUOTE]
Indeed. 'Hearing' is hardly doing. Many Linux distributions are easier to install than Windows and do it in quicker fashion with more intelligence. You could do it in 30 minutes this weekend if you wanted to, I bet. People who complain about Linux are too set in their point-and-click ways and don't really care to understand the operating system they're using, I find, and are scared of new things.

There are enormous amounts of documentation and online help to be had when setting something like that up. I wasn't recommending this for the OP who was obviously looking for a software-based solution, just replying to erehwon.
 
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