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a good firewall

  • 03-04-2006 1:03pm
    #1
    The Bollox
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    I am looking for a good firewall, I have used McAfee, which came with the pc, but the trial pariod is up now and I don't really want to have to pay for another session. does anyone know of a good, reliable firewall, and that is preferably free?


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  • #2
    richardo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 236 ✭✭richardo


    Try Kerio Personal Firewall


  • #3
    The Bollox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,372 ✭✭✭The Bollox


    cheers dude


  • #4
    MartMax
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,667 ✭✭✭MartMax


    yeah, i've been using Kerio for a number of years.. on top with Avast antivirus... have had no problem since then... well no firewall is any good unless it is configured alrite...:D


  • #5
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,596 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    If you aren't too worried about MOSSAD possibly having a backdoor in to your machine ZoneAlarm ( /me puts on niche shiny thin foil hat. )

    coreforce looks interesting but probably more of a techie thing at the moment


  • #6
    LFCFan
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 3,816 Mod ✭✭✭✭LFCFan


    Also try zonealarm. I've been using it for years and it's excellent and of course more importantly it's free :)


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  • #7
    zAbbo
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    common sense, or hardware based


  • #8
    Zombrex
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25,848 ✭✭✭✭Zombrex


    Marts wrote:
    does anyone know of a good, reliable firewall, and that is preferably free?

    Linux :D

    Seriously, I would second Zonealarm. Or if you have an nVidia motherboard the nVidia firewall seems good


  • #9
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,596 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Wicknight wrote:
    Linux :D

    Seriously, I would second Zonealarm. Or if you have an nVidia motherboard the nVidia firewall seems good
    BSD ;)
    Zonealarm don't work when it crashes or fails to load, not too sure about "safe mode with network support"

    Some network cards have firewall drivers too.

    Non windows box is your best bet, if buying a router/wireless/adsl thingy then spend a few quid extra and get one with a firewall, NAT at least and use ethernet port on the device rather than USB.


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