Firewall (Need one)

[Topha]

At the moment I'm using Zone Alarm, but I don't really like it, because it starts hogging my cpu when I have a lot of internet activity.

Many people seem to have this problem, but so far no fix has been released.

Are there any other good freeware firewalls out there, or do you guys think it is worth investing some money into a real good one, and if yes, which one?

[Chrono_Wanderer]

ehh... every thought of getting a router?

[az]

Or maybe a separate Linux box, which can run on ye olde 486 or p1?

AZ

[Lucid]

Kerio Personal Firewall

http://www.kerio.com/us/kpf_home.html

Outpost Personal Firewall

http://www.agnitum.com/products/outpost/

Sygate Personal Firewall

http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf/spf_ov.htm

These are the best ones I think.

[Wulfman]

I recommend sygate.

mfg
wulfman

[Marshmallowman]

smoothwall?

[KvHagedorn]

I like sygate as well.. been using it for awhile. It always warns you when some proggie is trying to connect to the internet, even if it's windows itself.

[Gurm]

KvH,

See that's why I _HATE_ ZoneAlarm and SyGate and all of those other "firewalls":

"WARNING! A PROGRAM (Iexplore.exe) is trying to ACCESS THE INTERNET! IT COULD BE A TROJAN OR VIRUS!"

"Allow"

"ARE YOU SURE!?!?!?!? IEXPLORE.EXE IS NOT A SAFE PROGRAM! IT COULD BE A TROJAN OR A VIRUS!!!!!!"

"Allow"

"Ok, but next time I'll warn you again, just to be safe."

Repeat, ad nauseum.

- Gurm

[Wulfman]

Originally posted by Gurm
KvH,

See that's why I _HATE_ ZoneAlarm and SyGate and all of those other "firewalls":

"WARNING! A PROGRAM (Iexplore.exe) is trying to ACCESS THE INTERNET! IT COULD BE A TROJAN OR VIRUS!"

"Allow"

"ARE YOU SURE!?!?!?!? IEXPLORE.EXE IS NOT A SAFE PROGRAM! IT COULD BE A TROJAN OR A VIRUS!!!!!!"

"Allow"

"Ok, but next time I'll warn you again, just to be safe."

Repeat, ad nauseum.

- Gurm

sygate doesn't exhibit that behavior. just mark the "don't warn again checkbox"...

mfg
wulfman

[Technoid]

Originally posted by Gurm
KvH,

See that's why I _HATE_ ZoneAlarm and SyGate and all of those other "firewalls":

"WARNING! A PROGRAM (Iexplore.exe) is trying to ACCESS THE INTERNET! IT COULD BE A TROJAN OR VIRUS!"

"Allow"

"ARE YOU SURE!?!?!?!? IEXPLORE.EXE IS NOT A SAFE PROGRAM! IT COULD BE A TROJAN OR A VIRUS!!!!!!"

"Allow"

"Ok, but next time I'll warn you again, just to be safe."

Repeat, ad nauseum.

- Gurm

hehe, you are describing one of the reasons I still use ZA even tho I could just let the nat handle it
I HATE all those PHONE HOME apps!!!
and ZA lets me know wich apps that belive they are "ET"

and I have never ever been warned more than once if I have ticked the box!

[UtwigMU]

Kerio.

Zonealarm exhibits certain problems with DC++ and other aplications.

Also note: Firewalls are generally very low level drivers, so be careful to reboot when uninstalling one and installing another.

I rendered the box unbootable this way (A little fiddling in recovery console did the trick.)

[Dr Mordrid]

I love my Linksys router & its integrated NAT & I never, repeat: never, get any of those annoying messages.

Dr. Mordrid

[Topha]

So a router is the best option?

[UtwigMU]

Yes, and consumer routers are in the 30-50€ range.

[KvHagedorn]

Personally, I don't mind the messages. I really enjoy being able to say NO to Microsoft.

Access denied, f***ers!!