Topic: What Firewall do you use/Recommend? (Page 1 of 1) |
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Maniac (V) Inmate From: The Pool Of Life |
posted 03-06-2009 21:36
Hello my fellow Asylumites. |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Florida |
posted 03-06-2009 22:55
To my knowledge, Windows firewall in XP and in Vista are quite different, the latter being much improved... but I still personally wouldn't trust either. |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: The Pool Of Life |
posted 03-07-2009 00:24
Thanks reisio you've pointed out part of the for/against argument that I should have mentioned too with regards to XP's firewall versus Vista, I've heard that Vista has a better all round security system. I should also have mentioned that the Firewalls I'd be mostly interested in should be free. |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: The Pool Of Life |
posted 03-08-2009 17:31
I've checked on the Download.com website and the top three free firewalls for windows XP in the editor's choice and the reader's choice are:
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Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Madison, Indiana |
posted 03-08-2009 21:15
I've always likes ZoneAlarm, but it's gotten to be such a pig lately. It takes up a lot of resources on the machine and is getting kind of slow with all the extra features they've been adding in. It's also become an excuse for ZoneLabs to send me regular e-mails asking me to buy extra products. |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: 127.0.0.1 |
posted 03-18-2009 03:21
I use a combination of hardware and software firewalls. |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: there...no..there..... |
posted 03-19-2009 01:46
if you want to get crazy with it, you could set up a hardware firewall using some linux based firewall distro. they don't require a heck of a lot. |