Can anyone recommend a decent Firewall?

Hello ...........

Can anyone recommend a decent firewall please?

I'm using Kerio presently, but, after the free trial it's gone extremely
basic!

I have heard Zone alarm is good,


Brian (Huddersfield)

"That Man!" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hello ...........
>
> Can anyone recommend a decent firewall please?
>
> I'm using Kerio presently, but, after the free trial it's gone
> extremely basic!
>
> I have heard Zone alarm is good,

You need to talk to ThE_WaReZ_MaN.

"That Man!" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:9_f7j.4198$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello ...........
>
> Can anyone recommend a decent firewall please?
>
> I'm using Kerio presently, but, after the free trial it's gone extremely
> basic!
>
> I have heard Zone alarm is good,
>
>
> Brian (Huddersfield)
>

Comodo is supposed to be good. I'm sticking to an old fully working Kerio
for now.

That Man! wrote:
> I'm using Kerio presently, but, after the free trial it's gone extremely
> basic!

If you like kerio, why not pay for the full version?

On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:54:45 -0000, Steve B wrote:

> "That Man!" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:9_f7j.4198$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hello ...........
>>
>> Can anyone recommend a decent firewall please?
>>
>> I'm using Kerio presently, but, after the free trial it's gone extremely
>> basic!
>>
>> I have heard Zone alarm is good,
>>
>>
>> Brian (Huddersfield)
>>
>
> Comodo is supposed to be good. I'm sticking to an old fully working Kerio
> for now.

Comodo is good, but needs a week or so to get sorted.

Online Armor Free (I'm using it until Comodo is OK) stealths all ports and
actually gives sensible alerts!
--
Peter.
You don't understand Newton's Third Law of Motion?
It's not rocket science, you know.

"Paul Cupis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> That Man! wrote:
>> I'm using Kerio presently, but, after the free trial it's gone extremely
>> basic!
>
> If you like kerio, why not pay for the full version?

currently on sale for $9.95. thats just £5 for something that you like (2
pints, 1 pack of fags)! i kinda understand piracy when it comes to hundreds
of pounds for an OS or office suite (though linux and openoffice work a
treat for free), but a fiver? everyone deserves to earn a wage.

> Can anyone recommend a decent firewall please?
> I'm using Kerio presently, but, after the free trial it's gone extremely
> basic!
> I have heard Zone alarm is good,

Personally, i'm happy enough with the free version of ZoneAlarm.

I did try Comodo, but the local network was unreachable despite
everything being seemingly in place to allow access.

"That Man!" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hello ...........
>
> Can anyone recommend a decent firewall please?
>


Using a NAT router makes it difficult for anyone outside your local network
to contact your PC or any ontehr devices attached to your local network.


--
Michael Chare

"PeterC" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:54:45 -0000, Steve B wrote:
>
>> "That Man!" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:9_f7j.4198$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Hello ...........
>>>
>>> Can anyone recommend a decent firewall please?
>>>
>>> I'm using Kerio presently, but, after the free trial it's gone extremely
>>> basic!
>>>
>>> I have heard Zone alarm is good,
>>>
>>>
>>> Brian (Huddersfield)
>>>
>>
>> Comodo is supposed to be good. I'm sticking to an old fully working
>> Kerio
>> for now.
>
> Comodo is good, but needs a week or so to get sorted.
>
> Online Armor Free (I'm using it until Comodo is OK) stealths all ports and
> actually gives sensible alerts!
> --
> Peter.
> You don't understand Newton's Third Law of Motion?
> It's not rocket science, you know.

I just read some vey good things about Online Armor's security and resource
usage compared with Kerio, so I'm giving it a test run and it looks very
promising, the install routine goes searching for all your applications so
they can be approved in one hit; I like it so far.

Michael Chare wrote:
> "That Man!" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:9_f7j.4198$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hello ...........
>>
>> Can anyone recommend a decent firewall please?
>>
>
>
> Using a NAT router makes it difficult for anyone outside your local
> network to contact your PC or any ontehr devices attached to your local
> network.
>
>
Indeed. With a NASTY rouiter costimng less than most firewl;l software,.
and not restriucting speed, its a sure fire bet.

NAT routers ion default settings stop anyone probing in, the same as any
firewall would. In fact they are full firewalls to start with, and need
to be adjusted to let ANYTHING in.


The only time I have had recourse to a discrete firewall was when using
a Belkin and setting it up top allow global access to a web server. I
could not set it up top allow just my IP address to access it in more
powerful ways, so I had to fit a firewall to the server.