Best Firewall

[edjam]

Hi, I really don't like Zonealarm, don't know why. Is SYmantec's effort any good? Or what would ppl suggest?

 

[PowerMacG5]

I'm using Symantec's Norton Personal Firewall 2002, and have had no problems. I highly suggest it.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

If you want free, go with Tiny Personal Firewall .
If you're willing to pay, I would suggest the Norton Personal Firewall .

nik (fixed his link)

 

[edjam]

Are these two good with ICS?

 

[Mem]

If you want probably one of the very best & that`s also free ,download Sygate Personal firewall 5.0 .All the people I know that use it really like it.

 

[Mavrick007]

Tiny Personal Firewall (now by Kerio) is a good firewall. Sygate is good but it has holes in it.

 

[Mem]

Tiny Personal Firewall (now by Kerio) is a good firewall. Sygate is good but it has holes in it.

Actually the last firewall roundup I read few weeks back both ZoneAlarm and Sygate came top and passed all the tests,Tiny came bottom and had some holes .

 

[GigaCluster]

There is no such thing as a "best firewall". "Best" is relative to your needs and abilities.
For example, for people like me I would recommend Tiny Software Firewall, but for people like my parents, Tiny Software Firewall would be on the bottom of the list.

What do you look for in a firewall besides the obvious? Do you look for ease of use? Do you look for the most flexibility? Or maybe for constant alerts and questions from the firewall so that you could be on top of things?

 

[slycat]

BEST firewall is the one u know how to configure absolutely.