Which Firewall?

newbie2

Just wondering which firewall people would recommend. I've used ZA Pro, but found it hard on resources when starting up. I've also used Kerio and found it to be great (nice ad blocker built in) but I'm having trouble with an error at start up. Is the windows Firewall any good? I can't imagine it's that good for somebody who enjoys the thrills of torrents. I've also used outpost in the past but found this to be a little "over-protecting". Is there any 'dark horses' that I haven't used that people could recommend? I'm not too concerned about cost.

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Ruu_Old

I have been using Comodo Firewall and find it excellent (spotted the link in another boardsies signature). I could never get used to any other ones after using Sygate Personal Firewall but its working well so far.

aidan_walsh

Yeah, Sygate was the sheet. Damn Symantec discontinuing it...

Still using it myself though, never could quite agree with Comodo much. Might give it a shot again soon though, going to have to get something that gets updated.

SeanW

McAffe Personal Firewall FTW.

Mr Mojo

I Agree with Ruu, been using Comodo for about 3 weeks (after too much grief with Outpost!) It's a great firewall, easy to setup, simple to use & not too heavy on the auld system rescources.

po0k

Smoothwall, IPCop, m0n0wall if you have an old machine with 2 or more interfaces (wired, modem, wifi, USB modem)