What is the best free software firewall... ?

[Blayze]

I have used/am using Zonealarm, just wondering if there is anything better out there thats free?

 

[EXman]

Nope it is the best for free!

 

[TheWart]

I used to use ZA, but I now use Tiny, b/c it has less compatibility problems than ZA

check it out: Tiny Firewall

 

[Nothinman]

Linux =)

 

[sean2002]

Another vote for Tiny, you have much more control over Tiny than you do Zone Alarm

 

[HJB417]

I use ISA2k now, but I was using Tiny b4 and it owned. Not as much as ISA2k though =)

 

[Nohr]

Been using Tiny Personal Firewall for over a year now, good stuff.

 

[QuiltingB]

I used to use ZA, however, it was sucking my resources dry. It took a whopping 6% on my Win98 box. I switched to Tiny and it uses no noticeable resources! I was tired of having to reboot just about everytime I went back online. Tine also allows me much more flexibility in setting permissions. I also noticed that ZA did not block all of the 'web bugs' that Tiny alerts me of. I was really surprised about that.
Tiny is great and I now recommend it and discourage ZA.

 

[NeoMadHatter]

Link

past post i did to see what people said. hope the link works.

 

[Damascus]

I've been using iptables lately. 😉

 

[Jhill]

I though the tiny firewall came with windows xp?
I don't see it on my version.
Where is it?

 

[Jedibus]

I used to use ZoneAlarm until I found Tiny.

 

[ViperXX]

Jhill- you setup your firewall in XP by right clicking My Network Places and choosing properties.

 

[Argo]

WinXP comes with free firewall.

 

[hoihtah]

but winxp aint

it's like saying that you got the rear seats for free when you purchased your taurus. 🙂

 

[stingbandel]

Tiny is better imo





Darno

 

[Argo]

<< but winxp aint

it's like saying that you got the rear seats for free when you purchased your taurus.
>>




I was simply suggesting that he already has a decent firewall software if he's running WinXP. I wan't telling hm to go out and buy WinXP just for the firewall. So no need to be a smarta$$ here.