"John Smith" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:cs13qk$1rm$1
@reader01.singnet.com.sg:

> Hi,
>
> Which is the current favorite, freeware, firewall?
>
The favorite of whom?

--
Mike
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight
of the shore. - Andre Gide

John Smith wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Which is the current favorite, freeware, firewall?
>
> TIA


I prefer Sygate Personal firewall,

But the following firewalls also seem to be quite good:
Jetico Personal Firewall 1.0 ( http://www.jetico.com/jpfirewall.htm )
Kerio Personal Firewall 4.1.2 ( http://www.kerio.com/kpf_download.html )
Or more prefered by some: the 2.15 version (
http://www.kerio.com/dwn/kpf2-en-win.exe )
Securepoint PCFirewall 3.6 (
http://www.securepoint.de/de/products-pcfirewall.html )
SoftPerfect Personal firewall 1.4 (
http://www.softperfect.com/products/firewall/ )
Sygate Personal Firewall 5.5 ( http://smb.sygate.com/free/default.php )
ZoneAlarm 5.5.062.004 (
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/conten...eeDownload.jsp )

MightyKitten

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On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 02:42:28 -0800, "John Smith" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Which is the current favorite, freeware, firewall?
>
proper system configuration and hardware.

"MightyKitten" <MightyKitten@127.0.0.1> wrote in
news:41e42b13$0$6217$(E-Mail Removed):

> I prefer Sygate Personal firewall,

Me too.

>
> But the following firewalls also seem to be quite good:
> Jetico Personal Firewall 1.0 ( http://www.jetico.com/jpfirewall.htm )

Beta version, many problems.

> Kerio Personal Firewall 4.1.2 ( http://www.kerio.com/kpf_download.html

Buggy garbage. Don't waste your time. It slowed my browsing by half. Many
bad stories on their forum, as well as in comp.security.firewalls

> ) Or more prefered by some: the 2.15 version (

Has an identified vulnerability with malformed packets.

> Sygate Personal Firewall 5.5 ( http://smb.sygate.com/free/default.php

You'll only find version 5.6 there, which some people have had major
problems with. You can get a late build of 5.5 here:

http://www.freewareweb.com/cgi-bin/a...load=1&ID=1662

> ) ZoneAlarm 5.5.062.004 (
> http://www.zonelabs.com/store/conten...alm/freeDownlo
> ad.jsp )

I guess it's OK if you don't care about port control, and don't want to
know what's going on in the background.

the one between the engine compartment and the passenger compartment ...
opps wrong group ... ZoneAlarm Free

doug

--
- d. best -
Exercise your mind, body & freedoms

> Which is the current favorite, freeware, firewall?

Linux 2.4.x netfilter (configured via iptables). Very configurable, and
most importantly runs on a separate PC. Your firewall really should be
running on a separate system, not loaded as an application.

--
Jem Berkes
Windows, UNIX software and system design
http://www.pc-tools.net/

"MightyKitten" <MightyKitten@127.0.0.1> wrote:

>Or more prefered by some: the 2.15 version (
>http://www.kerio.com/dwn/kpf2-en-win.exe )

Been using that for years now.. 'tis excellent.

"John Smith" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:cs13qk$1rm$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> Which is the current favorite, freeware, firewall?
>
> TIA
================
The FREE version of ZoneAlarm.

Karen...

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, (E-Mail Removed) says...
> > But the following firewalls also seem to be quite good:
> > Jetico Personal Firewall 1.0 ( http://www.jetico.com/jpfirewall.htm )
>
> Beta version, many problems.
>

It's no longer beta. 1.0 was released recently. Some have reported
problems, but I've never had any on a Win2k setup here.. Proceed with
caution however...

--
Kerodo

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 19:53:25 -0600, "Karen" <P@P> wrote:

>
>"John Smith" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:cs13qk$1rm$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Which is the current favorite, freeware, firewall?
>>
>> TIA
>================
>The FREE version of ZoneAlarm.
>
>Karen...

Sygate personal firewall.