Best firewall for BB ??

I'm running Zone Alarm but is there a better alternative which gives more
info re who's trying to access ports etc ? What's that one on QVC is that
any good btw ?

On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 12:50:44 +0100, "amstereofan"
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>I'm running Zone Alarm but is there a better alternative which gives more
>info re who's trying to access ports etc ? What's that one on QVC is that
>any good btw ?
>
groups.google.com will answer all your future FAQ's.

Andrew.

<aep@nospam writeme.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 12:50:44 +0100, "amstereofan"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >I'm running Zone Alarm but is there a better alternative which gives more
> >info re who's trying to access ports etc ? What's that one on QVC is that
> >any good btw ?
> >
> groups.google.com will answer all your future FAQ's.
>

Tried to find out who'll win next year's FA Cup but Google cound't tell me.
:-)

Mark.

sygate personal firewall.... and its free

kerio is also good


"amstereofan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I'm running Zone Alarm but is there a better alternative which gives more
> info re who's trying to access ports etc ? What's that one on QVC is that
> any good btw ?
>
>

"markp" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:bhlce8$mnod$1@ID-
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> <aep@nospam writeme.com> wrote in message
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>> On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 12:50:44 +0100, "amstereofan"
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>> >I'm running Zone Alarm but is there a better alternative which gives more
>> >info re who's trying to access ports etc ? What's that one on QVC is that
>> >any good btw ?
>> >
>> groups.google.com will answer all your future FAQ's.
>>
>
> Tried to find out who'll win next year's FA Cup but Google cound't tell me.
>:-)


Does this help

<http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,1563,1019922,00.html>

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> "markp" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:bhlce8$mnod$1@ID-
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> > <aep@nospam writeme.com> wrote in message
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> >> On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 12:50:44 +0100, "amstereofan"
> >> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> >>
> >> >I'm running Zone Alarm but is there a better alternative which gives
more
> >> >info re who's trying to access ports etc ? What's that one on QVC is
that
> >> >any good btw ?
> >> >
> >> groups.google.com will answer all your future FAQ's.
> >>
> >
> > Tried to find out who'll win next year's FA Cup but Google cound't tell
me.
> >:-)
>
>
> Does this help
>
> <http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,1563,1019922,00.html>

Oh yes, thanks! I'm off to the bookies... ;-}

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> On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 14:51:58 +0100, "amstereofan"
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> >> sygate personal firewall.... and its free
> >>
> >
> >Does'nt seem to be free
> >
> The free "Personal" version is:
> http://smb.sygate.com/support/documents/spf/default.htm
>

This is just how to install etc where's the download link ?!!
http://smb.sygate.com/buy/download_buy.htm

The button that says download trial :-)
underneath the buy button
http://smb.sygate.com/download/download.php?pid=pspf

"amstereofan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> <aep@nospam writeme.com> wrote in message
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> > On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 14:51:58 +0100, "amstereofan"
> > <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> >
> > >> sygate personal firewall.... and its free
> > >>
> > >
> > >Does'nt seem to be free
> > >
> > The free "Personal" version is:
> > http://smb.sygate.com/support/documents/spf/default.htm
> >
>
> This is just how to install etc where's the download link ?!!
> http://smb.sygate.com/buy/download_buy.htm
>
>

D.Middleton enlightened the world by saying on 16/08/2003 15:08:

> On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 12:50:44 +0100, "amstereofan"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
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>
>>I'm running Zone Alarm but is there a better alternative which gives more
>>info re who's trying to access ports etc ? What's that one on QVC is that
>>any good btw ?
>

Well it's QVC, so it's gonna be junk...

Get a decent router with firewall capabilities, you then don't need a
software firewall giving you robbing your CPU and giving latency...


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> Get a decent router with firewall capabilities, you then don't need a
> software firewall giving you robbing your CPU and giving latency...

Unless, of course, you want some application level control, so you know
if a trojan etc. is trying to pass out information without your
knowledge.

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