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    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?

  • #2
    ehh... every thought of getting a router?

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    • #3
      Or maybe a separate Linux box, which can run on ye olde 486 or p1?

      AZ
      There's an Opera in my macbook.

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      • #4
        Kerio Personal Firewall


        Outpost Personal Firewall


        Sygate Personal Firewall


        These are the best ones I think.
        Last edited by Lucid; 17 May 2003, 02:49.
        There's no place like 127.0.0.1

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        • #5
          I recommend sygate.

          mfg
          wulfman
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          "Lobsters?"
          "Really? I didn't know they did that."
          "Oh yes, red means help!"

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          • #6
            smoothwall?

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            • #7
              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.

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              • #8
                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
                The Internet - where men are men, women are men, and teenage girls are FBI agents!

                I'm the least you could do
                If only life were as easy as you
                I'm the least you could do, oh yeah
                If only life were as easy as you
                I would still get screwed

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                • #9
                  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
                  "Perhaps they communicate by changing colour? Like those sea creatures .."
                  "Lobsters?"
                  "Really? I didn't know they did that."
                  "Oh yes, red means help!"

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                  • #10
                    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!
                    If there's artificial intelligence, there's bound to be some artificial stupidity.

                    Jeremy Clarkson "806 brake horsepower..and that on that limp wrist faerie liquid the Americans call petrol, if you run it on the more explosive jungle juice we have in Europe you'd be getting 850 brake horsepower..."

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                    • #11
                      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.)
                      Last edited by UtwigMU; 18 May 2003, 09:08.

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                      • #12
                        I love my Linksys router & its integrated NAT & I never, repeat: never, get any of those annoying messages.

                        Dr. Mordrid
                        Dr. Mordrid
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                        • #13
                          So a router is the best option?

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                          • #14
                            Yes, and consumer routers are in the 30-50€ range.

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                            • #15
                              Personally, I don't mind the messages. I really enjoy being able to say NO to Microsoft.

                              Access denied, f***ers!!

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