Most efficient firewall? low cpu/mem usage

[0roo0roo]

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[JackMDS]

For Win XP Kerio215.

For Vista PC Tools Firewall 3.

 

[0roo0roo]

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[JackMDS]

It is Kerio 215 in specific. The new Kerios are "not really" Kerio any more.

 

[InlineFive]

Why would you use a different firewall on Vista? The included firewall is very powerful.

 

[JackMDS]

Originally posted by: InlineFive
Why would you use a different firewall on Vista? The included firewall is very powerful.

The Vista Firewall is very Good, but is very hard to configure the Extra Power.

I would recommend a 3rd [arty alternative when a user find the native Vista's Extended Firewall too hard to handle.

 

[Genx87]

Are there any application layer\deep packet consumer firewalls?
The more I think about it, the more it would be nice if I had a FW that did more than block ports.

 

[multiband8303]

Originally posted by: Genx87
Are there any application layer\deep packet consumer firewalls?
The more I think about it, the more it would be nice if I had a FW that did more than block ports.

ISA Server 2004

 

[Modelworks]

My favorite: http://www.pfsense.org
But then you have to have an old pc to run it on.
Still that leaves it where you don't have to run anything on the other pc your using.

 

[Rottie]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
running torrents and ultravnc on an old laptop, p3 650, vsmon.exe aka zonealarm seems to eat about 18% of the cpu alone.
is there a better option?

what version do you have on ZA?

 

[Genx87]

Originally posted by: multiband8303

Originally posted by: Genx87
Are there any application layer\deep packet consumer firewalls?
The more I think about it, the more it would be nice if I had a FW that did more than block ports.

ISA Server 2004

Heh was hoping for something with a "consumer" cost

I know I know, hoping for the world.

 

[Evander]

Kerio 215 will give you random BSOD's involving fwdrv.sys
I know from personal experience when I was using Win2k which has no built in firewall.

Here are 2 that I came across in the days when I was hunting for a small footprint firewall:
http://www.ghostsecurity.com/ghostwall/
http://www.software4u.tk/

Ghostwall bills itself as a Windows Firewall replacement.
People claim ghostwall is unnecessary if you have a hardware firewall, claiming it basically does the same thing, but I'm no guru so can't comment. But when it was running I was unable to get Activesync to connect with my PDA and didn't know how to fix that. Ghostwall didn't show me any messages that it was blocking a connection (I managed to figure it out myself) and didn't want to subject myself to any other problems down the road so I just uninstalled this firewall after a while.

The AS3 website is a little shady, but it's on reputable website like softpedia and nonags.
http://www.softpedia.com/get/S...ersonal-Firewall.shtml
This program went from freeware to payware and back to freeware. Never tried it but it caught my attention due to claims of low resource usage and it's a small download. it has good user ratings from softpedia

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: Rottie

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
running torrents and ultravnc on an old laptop, p3 650, vsmon.exe aka zonealarm seems to eat about 18% of the cpu alone.
is there a better option?

what version do you have on ZA?

7.0.337
truevector crashed again, unreliable junk
its the newest version i think

 

[Rottie]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo

Originally posted by: Rottie

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
running torrents and ultravnc on an old laptop, p3 650, vsmon.exe aka zonealarm seems to eat about 18% of the cpu alone.
is there a better option?

what version do you have on ZA?

7.0.337
truevector crashed again, unreliable junk
its the newest version i think

same here but never have any problem so I can't say about resource hog maybe just because i have big memory and superfast cpu?

 

[0roo0roo]

ok tested kerio for a while. impressive, less than 1% cpu on task manager compared to the 15-20%of zonealarm.

and rottie... i don't notice any performance hit on my desktop either with zonealarm, but thats a pentium d and 2gb ram, so its much less of a burden than on the pIII. 18% on a p3 is like ziltch on any modern cpu... but still...

 

[JackMDS]

Originally posted by: Evander
Kerio 215 will give you random BSOD's involving fwdrv.sys/[/L]

I gues it is a matter of wording.

If I was in this situation I would Post.

I my system Kerio 215 gave random BSOD's involving fwdrv.sys.

Since I run Kerio on few different computers running Win2000, WinXP, and I never had a BSOD I have to assume that it is the poster system rather than Kerio215 in general.

 

[Evander]

But it wasn't just my system, google: kerio fwdrv.sys
and probably the first results you'll see involve BSOD's and version 215

 

[0roo0roo]

seems to involve not making a rule when the pop up comes to confirm connection
24hrs no bsod yet