Best Freeware Firewall?

[Howie]

Hello to all and thanks for reading. I see that Kerio will no longer be
a free firewall with support.

I am looking for recommendations for a freeware replacement for it.
What is the "best" personal firewall available?

Thanks, Howard

 

[FYIS.org/]

In Howie typed:

Hello to all and thanks for reading. I see that Kerio will no longer
be a free firewall with support.

I am looking for recommendations for a freeware replacement for it.
What is the "best" personal firewall available?

Thanks, Howard

http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm
works for me.

DanlK, FYI Services Collectibles
www.FYIS.org

 

[Paul_B]

Hello to all and thanks for reading. I see that Kerio will no longer be
a free firewall with support.

I am looking for recommendations for a freeware replacement for it.
What is the "best" personal firewall available?

Thanks, Howard

IIUC, it's only the network firewall that's being pulled. The
personal firewall continues, and continues to get updates.

p.

 

[FredW]

Paul_B explained on 19-10-05 :

IIUC, it's only the network firewall that's being pulled. The
personal firewall continues, and continues to get updates.

???
CUSTOMER ALERT
Kerio Personal Firewall is being discontinued on December 31, 2005.
While Kerio will continue to support this product for all customers
through 2006, we will not be actively developing any new features or
functionality going forward.
http://www.kerio.com/kpf_home.html

 

[FredW]

After serious thinking FYIS.org/ wrote :

In Howie typed:

http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm
works for me.

Hmm, seems a doubtful alternative to me, Sygate being integrated in
Symantec.

http://www.sygate.com/aboutus/index.htm
ABOUT US
We would like to welcome you to Symantec. We recognize that the
strength of an organization is built on the loyalty of its customers,
and we are committed to providing a seamless transition for Sygate's
customers. We are in the initial stages of the integration, and you can
expect business as usual as we move through the transition.

Which one will disappear sooner, the Kerio free firewall or the Sygate
free firewall, or will there be a free Norton firewall?

 

[Al Klein]

Hello to all and thanks for reading. I see that Kerio will no longer be
a free firewall with support.

I am looking for recommendations for a freeware replacement for it.
What is the "best" personal firewall available?

Aside from the firewalling in my router, I use Zone Alarm. Maybe not
the best, but the easiest to set up and administer.

If you're running Windows XP, the Windows firewall isn't too bad
either.

 

[Paul_B]

Paul_B explained on 19-10-05 :

???
CUSTOMER ALERT
Kerio Personal Firewall is being discontinued on December 31, 2005.
While Kerio will continue to support this product for all customers
through 2006, we will not be actively developing any new features or
functionality going forward.
http://www.kerio.com/kpf_home.html

I stand corrected. Must have misread the Web site a few weeks
ago.

Shame, I've been with the product since the early 2s. Looks like
a lock for all of '06, and I hope it's not timed-out after that
(I don't use the extra features).

p.

 

[FredW]

It happens that Paul_B formulated :

Shame, I've been with the product since the early 2s. Looks like
a lock for all of '06, and I hope it's not timed-out after that
(I don't use the extra features).

Lots of people seem to prefer the old Kerio 2.1.5.
One can download this at:
http://download.kerio.com/archive/

I am using ZoneAlarm, it works for me.
But with Kerio going and Sygate being swallowed by Symantec, I wonder
what good alternatives are left.

 

[John Corliss]

Aside from the firewalling in my router, I use Zone Alarm. Maybe not
the best, but the easiest to set up and administer.

If you're running Windows XP, the Windows firewall isn't too bad
either.

Except that as of yet, from what I hear, it doesn't monitor outgoing
traffic. And that's understandable, since so much of Microsoft's stuff
calls home.

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[Art]

I am using ZoneAlarm, it works for me.
But with Kerio going and Sygate being swallowed by Symantec, I wonder
what good alternatives are left.

The older free version of Outpost firewall is available from several
sites, and I would guess that it will continue that way. Sygate and
Kerio free will also continue to be available somewhere.

Art

http://home.epix.net/~artnpeg

 

[Al Klein]

Except that as of yet, from what I hear, it doesn't monitor outgoing
traffic. And that's understandable, since so much of Microsoft's stuff
calls home.

Yeah, most of what ZA pops up on is one of Bill's kids yelling for
Daddy.

 

[elaich]

But with Kerio going and Sygate being swallowed by Symantec, I wonder
what good alternatives are left.

I run Kerio 2.1.5, Sygate 5.5 build 2710, and System Safety Monitor. Using
this combination, I pass 22 of the 23 tests at firewallleaktester.com. So
much for "obsolete" software.

 

[hummingbird]

Yeah, most of what ZA pops up on is one of Bill's kids yelling for
Daddy.

...yelling for the getaway car after dipping their hand in the till ;-)

 

[Sysyphus' Sister]

Aside from the firewalling in my router, I use Zone Alarm. Maybe not
the best, but the easiest to set up and administer.

If you're running Windows XP, the Windows firewall isn't too bad
either.

How about giving Filsecab Personal Firewall a try?

http://www.securepoint.cc/products_pcfirewall_en.html

 

[Sysyphus' Sister]

How about giving Filsecab Personal Firewall a try?

http://www.securepoint.cc/products_pcfirewall_en.html

Would be nice if I posted the CORRECT website! Sorry about that!

http://www.filseclab.com/eng/download/downloads.htm

 

[antoine]

I run Kerio 2.1.5, Sygate 5.5 build 2710, and System Safety Monitor. Using
this combination, I pass 22 of the 23 tests at firewallleaktester.com. So
much for "obsolete" software.

It is usually assumed that running several firewalls on a same machine
is neither safe nor system-friendly. Could you explain why you made this
choice ?

Thanks.

 

[Al Klein]

It is usually assumed that running several firewalls on a same machine
is neither safe

That's an invalid assumption. It's at least as safe as running one.
But it's a waste of computer resources.

 

[antoine]

That's an invalid assumption. It's at least as safe as running one.
But it's a waste of computer resources.

AFAIK, a firewall is based on rules for a given (application, protocol,
port, in/out coming way). If 2 firewalls are installed on a same
machine, how can you be sure there would be no conflict between them ?

 

[Al Klein]

AFAIK, a firewall is based on rules for a given (application, protocol,
port, in/out coming way).

Each rule is, yes - the firewall itself isn't.

If 2 firewalls are installed on a same
machine, how can you be sure there would be no conflict between them ?

Firewalls block ports, so if firewall A blocked a port, it's blocked.
Regardless of what firewall B does. If you have 2 valves in a pipe
and turn one off, how can you get water by doing something to the
other valve? The second valve is just a waste of a valve.

 

[John Fitzsimons]

AFAIK, a firewall is based on rules for a given (application, protocol,
port, in/out coming way). If 2 firewalls are installed on a same
machine, how can you be sure there would be no conflict between them ?

Set different security levels for each. Then, if the tightest one
stops working then the backup one being activated should alert you
to problems.

Regards, John.
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