Best Firewall Software ~~~ 500pts

Also if you have an old computer even 486 you could try one of the linux firewall ditros:
http://www.ipcops.net.
http://www.coyotelinux.org...
Only additional thing you would need is the crossover patch cord - to connect your pc to the firewall.

goog luck.

That's like asking Whats the best Car?  or the best anything?  Thats the reason
they make how many flavors of ice cream???  I think you can use any of
them that are update to date free or not,


 Home PC Firewall Guide

 http://www.firewallguide.com/



 Comparing firewalls

 http://www.firewall-net.com/en/home/compare.php?PHPSESSID=d0e299e4b6e3eb10958794d8a67e112a



Internet Firewalls: Frequently Asked Questions

 http://www.interhack.net/pubs/fwfaq/


PC Magazine Online Comparison Article

http://www.pcmag.com/article/0,2997,s%253D1474%2526a%253D21992,00.aspComparisons
 

Personal firewalls roadmap
May 15, 2002

http://www.pcflank.com/art24.htm


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Personal firewalls Support Comparison
June 4, 2002

 http://www.pcflank.com/art25.htm

Firewall Product Selector - Choose yourself which one to compare

http://www.spirit.com/cgi-new/report.pl?dbase=fw&function=view



SecurityFocus HOME Infocus Home User Security Personal Firewalls

http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1750


Personal Firewall Comparison, Page 7-7

http://sysopt.earthweb.com/reviews/firewall/index7.html

Here are what use to be free:

All of the following may not be any longer free, but you can check:



4-30-2001

Smart Computing.com latest issue did a review of both "Zone Alarm" and "A Tiny Personal Firewall" both free downloads for personal use and gave a thumbs up to both.

Free Zone Alarm

 http://www.uant.net/firewall/zonealarmguide.html

http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp




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[langalist] LangaList Standard Edition 2002-02-11  
Date: 2/10/2002 9:11:26 PM Pacific Standard Time

Speaking Of ZoneAlarm...

A beta of a new version is in the works (see item #3), but for current
versions, check this out:

     Hi Fred. Thought I would let you know of a cool utility if you
     don't already know some of your readers might want to try it
     is called VisualZone for ZoneAlarm, on the web site it say's
     it is a report analyzer that is easier to read than ZoneAlarm,
     can also perform backtrace and automate backtrace, and submit
     intrusion reports to DShield for analysis. VisualZone can be
     found at

      http://www.visualizesoftware.com/




 Subj: [langalist] LangaList Standard Edition 2001-06-21
Date: 6/20/2001 11:07:16 PM Pacific Daylight Time
From:    fred@langa.com (Fred Langa)

New Firewall Contender?

Writing from Switzerland, reader "Bodo" says:

hi fred, I'm a longtime reader of your langalist (and now also
langalistplus). I want to lead you to a new and imho very
powerful firewall called "Outpost". Its a piece of software
designed by "agnitum" at

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

   and direct download

       http://members.nbci.com/bojammer/files/outpost.exe


It's still in Beta-Status and free. One special point: the
support of the outpost developers is (for me a big surprise!)
very good. They give direct advices and help on their own (
http://www.agnitum.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=31 )
and on some other security-related bulletin-boards and try to
help everybody who asks by mail...

Outpost is very user-friendly, either if you are novice or
advanced user of security-systems.

The homepage of Outpost is now still in Russian, but I think
Outpost is such a feature-rich and well done firewall-system
that I have to announce it to you. Give it a try. It's worth.
And the best its free!

Thanks, Bodo. It is beta--- unfinished software--- and the home page is
indeed a little daunting if you can't read Russian <g>; but the software
installation and BBS/support forum is in English. The BBS also is
starting to garner praise from (so far mostly) European users. I hope to
test drive Outpost soon!


[Lockergnome Windows Digest] Top 50 Windows Productivity Tips  
Date: 4/6/2002 6:11:32 PM Pacific Daylight Time
From: subscriptions@lockergnome.com

Outpost Firewall v1.0.1511 [2.4M] W9x/2k/XP FREE

http://www.agnitum.com/download/OutpostInstall.exe

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


"Agnitum Outpost is the first personal firewall that supports
plug-ins. Sample plug-ins are included to show how this
revolutionary technology can easily be employed for such tasks as
Intrusion Detection, Advertisement Blocking, Content Filtering, E-







Free Personal Firewall Software

http://www.thefreecountry.com/security/firewalls.shtml


Personal Firewalls

Message #: 290511From: J RAMSent: 8/25/2003 6:19 PM
A.      Clifford...Take your pick.. they are free,all are good at what they do..

http://www.webattack.com/freeware/security/fwfirewall.shtml

OR

Snap Files  Personal Firewalls

http://www.snapfiles.com/freeware/security/fwfirewall.html

If you can hang with the learning curve I would suggest a Netscreen 5 gt/xp.  A few hundred dollars but absolutely wonderful.  Although for just protecting one PC at home,  I would keep the ZoneAlarm Pro.

http://www.juniper.net/products/integrated/dsheet/ds_5gt_xt.pdf   -  The 5xp is no longer in production, but can be found on ebay fairly cheap, and makes a great hardware firewall.  Good luck!

Thanks to petelong for the expedient thorough answer

Thanks also to LRI41 for such a detailed response - but please take careful note of the question

thanks for your input guys,
bc :-)

ThanQ

No names mentioned - but some "Firewalls" use Windows IP "security policies".
These are useless - because all the many holes our friends in MS have provided are still exposed for worms and viruses, adware and nuisance.
It is simple to make a "firewall" without using Windows security - but may require skills by those making them.

If you remove a firewall that is based on Windows security - you end up with security templates that are messed up, at the worst, you have to install OS from scratch - recreate all users and strategies. There is a way of "seizing" the security database - but it's like research for a PhD in weird thinking to get there. Most cases it is simpler to wipe it all out and start over.

Beware this before you install the software. . .

Verify in places like this that others have installed the system - and they have managed to configure the firewall, and best been able to remove it.