Firewall

[Bill]

After I installed Vista I found that the Sygate Personal Firewall I had been
using would no longer work. I turned on the Windows Firewall and uninstalled
Sygate. Is the Windows firewall ok to use, or should I get another firewall
such as Sygate - but one that works with Vista.

Thanks for your help on this and the earlier post about AVG - you people are
a big help to me and my new found "Beta Buddy" <G>

Bill

 

[Joe727]

I been using Zone Alarm for years, and like Sygate, it does not work with
Vista. As for the Windows Firewall working - who knows? It certainly is
not designed for end users, it's designed for IT people.

One thing I do know, it only monitors inbound traffic which IMO is only
half-done.

Joe

 

[Bill]

Thanks Joe - saves me the trouble of trying Zone Alarm. I had used ZA for a
long time also.
Bill


I been using Zone Alarm for years, and like Sygate, it does not work with
Vista. As for the Windows Firewall working - who knows? It certainly is
not designed for end users, it's designed for IT people.

One thing I do know, it only monitors inbound traffic which IMO is only
half-done.

Joe

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Neither statement is true.

Windows Firewall in Vista can monitor both incoming and outgoing traffic,
unlike the XP version. By default, monitoring of outgoing is turned off but
can be toggled on.

It is designed for end-users.

 

[Bones]

I've read a couple of posts now about the Vista firewall..this is one of the
easiest firewalls in existance to use!

 

[Joe727]

How about some info on how to turn on outbound monitoring? Does it provided
pop-ups like this?:

http://home.cfl.rr.com/jbmsbink/WGAscreenshot.jpg

I stand corrected on outbound traffic monitoring part of my statement, but
stand by my other part which is - Windows firewall is not end-user friendly.
It's designed for IT people who can set it up in a corporate enviroment so
that end users can't fiddle with it.

Joe

 

[milleron]

I've read a couple of posts now about the Vista firewall..this is one of the
easiest firewalls in existance to use!

This statement leaves me almost speechless. I had to pick my jaw up
off the floor when I read it. You sound sincere, and I believe you,
but I'm absolutely nonplused. Please elaborate.

 

[Joe727]

I thought it was an interesting post (observation) as well.

Joe