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Chroder
October 25th, 2002, 15:52
What firewall would you recommend? Preferably freeware.

Thank you so much :)
Daniel
October 25th, 2002, 16:31
ZoneAlarm (www.zonelabs.com)
Rick
October 25th, 2002, 17:15
Sygate Personal Firewall
http://soho.sygate.com/products/shield_ov.htm
It doesn't forget it's settings the way ZoneAlarm does
Bruce
October 25th, 2002, 17:37
ZoneAlarm

I haven't had any problems with it remembering settings...
Daniel
October 25th, 2002, 18:00
Originally posted by Rick

It doesn't forget it's settings the way ZoneAlarm does

You must be running a DOS based OS(win9x and ME) with "auto-corrupt registry" enable. :rolleyes:
is0lized
October 25th, 2002, 18:06
Tiny Personal Firewall 2.0!
Ben
October 25th, 2002, 19:40
Agnitum Outpost Firewall (http://www.agnitum.com/download/outpostfree.html).
It doesn't bother you with little message windows containing info on someone who pinged you or your network (I know about ping sweeps and the Ping of Death so don't anyone lecture me).

It's got a nice, clean interface, and an ad blocker (though you might want to disable it, it blocks some images which aren't ads).
Bruce
October 25th, 2002, 19:59
Originally posted by Ben
It doesn't bother you with little message windows containing info on someone who pinged you or your networkWhich firewall does that? I'd hate to have to use that. :eek:
Canuckkev
October 25th, 2002, 23:37
I've used Sygate and liked it, but am using Norton Internet Security now (VirusScan + Firewall bundle), so I don't anymore. Sygate was great for a free firewall. Zonealarm, I don't know, I just don't like very much. And Tiny, I have tried it, but it kept giving me fatal errors and such, and never tried it again (that was back on 98).