free firewall, which one do you prefer?

[DaWhim]

I think sygate is better, i am running it on my desktop. kerio is on my laptop.

 

[Pepsi90919]

NAT

 

[Viper GTS]

Smoothwall

Viper GTS

 

[jadinolf]

Say what you will, I prefer Zone Alarm.

 

[shortylickens]

For free? Windows XP SP2.
For money, Norton.

 

[n0cmonkey]

PacketFilter.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
Smoothwall

Viper GTS

That would be IPTables or Netfilter.

 

[mundane]

I had kpf - functioned fairly well, but would sometimes crash when I tried to view the various connections. Wanted to try One Care, so I'm back to Windows Firewall.

 

[Azndude2190]

Well I prefer the firewall from WinXP SP2 that and my router.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Kerio Personal Firewall v2.15 (it's an older version, but not as resource heavy as the newer versions)

 

[GhettoFob]

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
Kerio Personal Firewall v2.15 (it's an older version, but not as resource heavy as the newer versions)

 

[xtknight]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
NAT

:thumbsup:

 

[episodic]

kerio 2.1.5

 

[BW86]

Kerio v215 = :thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[evilharp]

Originally posted by: jadinolf
Say what you will, I prefer Zone Alarm.

I've tried Kerio and Sygate, and I wasn't impressed. Kerio gave me DSO exploits instantly, and Sygate would crap out during a session leaving me wide open.

Zone Alarm is simple, it is free, and it passes every firewall test there is. The install is smooth, and unlike the other freebies, it actually interacts with XP-SP2's Security Centre and it turns off Windows Firewall for you.

 

[0roo0roo]

zone alarm is pretty good so far. my norton expired so i finally gave it a chance. its much less bloated, but it doesn't have nice things like ad blocking.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
zone alarm is pretty good so far. my norton expired so i finally gave it a chance. its much less bloated, but it doesn't have nice things like ad blocking.

Just use a Mozilla product.

Presto....adblock!

 

[0roo0roo]

yea i'm trying ad block with the filterset.g addon right now. seems ot be working i think

 

[Mojoed]

Kerio v2.1.5 & Hardware firewall.

 

[kurt454]

Kerio 2.1.5 and dialup.

 

[KoolDrew]

The Windows SP2 one. I don't see why you should bother with anything else. It is not like using another helps security at all.

 

[Modeps]

I just use the one that comes with XP SP2.

 

[meltdown75]

been a ZoneAlarm guy since I needed a firewall when cable internet was introduced.

never had any problems.

 

[Eddieo]

The bad thing about SP2 is it does not check outgoing only incoming. If you have spyware, it can send information without XP doing anything.

Well I prefer the firewall from WinXP SP2 that and my router.

 

[ty1er]

NAT and Kerio 2.1.5 to monitor whats going out.

-ty1er